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limitations, are gaining popularity. We show that at the subnational or district level in India, VIIRS satellite-based nighttime …
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Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...
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activity and spatial inequality at the sub-national level in India. We analyse the interrelationship between i) consumption … level (601 districts) based on data from 5700 sub-districts in India. Using ordinary least squares, weighted least squares …
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activity. The relationship is identified by accounting for varying degrees of measurement errors in nighttime light data across … country groups and robust to different model specifications. The paper uses a light-adjusted measure of quarterly economic …
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proxy: satellite data on lights at night. Our statistical framework uses light growth to supplement existing income growth …
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We discuss regional disparities in economic performance and living standards. We first set out some key facts, and provide a conceptual framework to help analyze whether such disparities are efficient, or instead reflect market and/or policy failures. We examine whether policy attempts to reduce...
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regional development. I apply the analysis to India, a country with a notoriously weak and congested transportation …. China has followed a different highway construction strategy and has experienced more significant convergence across regions … than India. I therefore use the model to gauge the effects of a counterfactual highway network for India that replicates …
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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC, a multi-billion dollar infrastructure investment project, is heralded as a … China, known as ‘One Belt, One Road' (OBOR), to connect Asia with Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the CPEC is much … especially regarding the feasibility of its implementation, the impact on the region as well as the nature of India's position …
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telecommuting and investments in urban infrastructure are summarized. Lessons from India and the People's Republic of China for each … and economic growth in both rural and urban sectors, taking the case of India. We study the relationship between …
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telecommuting and investments in urban infrastructure are summarized. Lessons from India and the People's Republic of China for each … and economic growth in both rural and urban sectors, taking the case of India.We study the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966489