This paper incorporates time-dependence into a regional knowledge production function framework. Within this setup, the long-run dynamic behaviour of R&D and knowledge has been analysed in four European countries - France, Germany, Italy and Spain - using unit root tests and cointegration...

This paper analyzes the persistence of the effects that natural disasters exert in the long run at the urban level. This has been done by combining information of flood events and the size of Spanish municipalities that cover the period from 1842 to 2011. Using recent developments in...