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Looking for PeripheRurality
Camaioni, Beatrice; Esposti, Roberto; Lobianco, Antonello; … - 2013
Rural areas still play a major role within the EU, as Europe is still a fairly rural continent. Moreover, EU rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426659
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Regional employment effects of the Hartz-reforms
Hörnig, Lukas - 2023
Between 2003 and 2005, the German government passed an unprecedented package of labor market reforms, commonly known as the Hartz-reforms. This led to a "labor market miracle" with sharply declining unemployment rates. This paper examines these reforms at the regional level and provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014323533
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Regional bank efficiency and its effect on regional growth in “normal” and “bad” times
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Setzer, Ralph - 2015
The financial crisis affected regions in Europe in a different magnitude. This is why we examine whether regions which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381424
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Regional bank efficiency and its effect on regional growth in "normal" and "bad" times
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Setzer, Ralph - 2015
The financial crisis affected regions in Europe in a different magnitude. This is why we examine whether regions which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443947
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Unconditional convergence in currency unions : an analysis of European regions from 1991 to 2009
Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - 2013
We analyze unconditional within-country convergence from 1991 to 2009 in 21 European countries. Unlike most previous studies we focus on the heterogeneity of convergence. We find that convergence processes in currency unions are extremely heterogenous, highly discontinuous and strongly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424527
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What can the EMU's peripheral countries learn from regional growth?
Aiginger, Karl; Firgo, Matthias; Huber, Peter - 2013
The experiences of 259 regions in 21 European countries with within country GDP per capita and labour productivity growth suggest that variables associated with pro-active, growth oriented strategies are consistently more important predictors of successful regional development than variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424528
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The determinants of economic growth in European regions
Crespo Cuaresma, Jesús; Doppelhofer, Gernot; … - 2009
is dominated by the catching up process of regions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), whereas convergence within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806087
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The determinants of economic growth in European regions
Crespo Cuaresma, Jesús; Doppelhofer, Gernot; … - 2008 - This version: 22nd December 2008
is dominated by the catching up process of regions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), whereas convergence within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733219
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The determinants and dynamics of regional convergence in the EU
Arvanitopoulos, Theodoros; Lazarou, Nicholas-Joseph - 2023
, in causing economic growth convergence patterns. We find that western and northern parts of Europe have higher pairwise … stochastic convergence (and lower intra-country convergence) rates than regions in East and Southeast Europe. Focusing on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014308640
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The Brazilian regional development funds and economic growth : a spatial panel approach
Cravo, Túlio A.; Resende, Guilherme Mendes - 2015
The regional development policy in Brazil materializes mainly in the regional development funds for the north-east (FNE), the north (FNO), and the centre-west (FCO), in which more than EUR36 billion was invested between 2004 and 2010. This paper examines the economic effect of these regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392771