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Development of trade blocs in an era of globalization : proximity still matters

Kohl, Tristan; Brouwer, Aleid E. - 2011 - Version: 19 May 2011, first preliminary draft

influenced by geographical and political factors; after all, proximity matters. To explain how mechanism of globalization changed … trade patterns over the last half century and how - in the end - proximity is one of the most explanatory variables - we … cultural factors do contribute to the (importance of) proximity in trade partners. In addition we also apply GIS to analyze …

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Regional industrial structure, productivity, wealth and income distribution in German regions

Margarian, Anne - 2013

For the impartial observer of German regions, differences in regional industrial structures and prosperity are quite obvious. On the one hand, there are regions characterised by different industries, firm structures and labour qualification profiles. On the other hand, some of these regions are...

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Une application expérimentale de la méthode de minimisation de l'entropie croisée: l'estimation des flux d'échanges interrégionaux au Québec

Dubé, Jean; Lemelin, André - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2005

Cet article présente une application expérimentale de la méthode d'estimation des flux d'échanges entre des régions par la minimisation de l'entropie croisée (mesure de Kullback-Leibler). Les flux interrégionaux ont été estimés pour 31 catégories de biens et services, entre trois...

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Identification of Equilibrium Models of Local Jurisdictions

Sieg, Holger; Epple, Dennis - Econometric Society - 2004

Research over the past several years has led to development of models characterizing equilibrium in a system of local jurisdictions. More recently, there have been a number of studies which have tried to estimate these models. The evidence suggests that simple parametric models can explain the...

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Spillovers from multinationals to heterogeneous domestic firms: evidence from Hungary

Békés, Gábor (contributor); Kleinert, Jörn (contributor) - 2006

Firms cluster their economic activities to exploit technological and informational spillovers from other firms. Spillovers through the entry of multinational firms can be particularly beneficial to domestic firms because of their technological superiority. Yet, the importance of foreign firm's...

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Low malnutrition but high mortality : explaining the paradox of the Lake Victoria region

Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2009

Exploiting DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes...

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Geographic concentration and spatial inequality : two decades of EPO patenting at the level of European micro regions

Christ, Julian P. - 2010

This paper contributes with empirical findings to the research on structural inequality and geographic concentration of European inventorship activity at the level of European micro regions. We analyze the spatial structure and dynamics of 43 technology fields (ISI-SPRU-OST concordance) and 6...

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Spatial development and the law of one price : evidence of convergence of land values

Capuno, Joseph J. - 2010

Many developing countries exhibit imbalanced spatial development, but corrective policies are hampered by lack of adequate sub-regional development data. Building on the insights of the factor price equalization theorem and by applying measures of spatial autocorrelation on land values, patterns...

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The discontinuous integration of Western Europe’s heterogeneous market for corporate control from 1995 to 2007

Frey, Rainer - 2010

As, in Europe, many institutional reforms have been undertaken to establish an economic union, it can be expected that the relevance of borders has decreased over time. For the EU 15, we investigate the expected integration process of the market for corporate control – an illustrative market...

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The location choices of foreign investors : a districtlevel analysis in India

Mukim, Megha; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2010

This paper analyzes the determinants of the location choices made by foreign investors at the district level in India to gauge the relative importance of economic geography factors, local business conditions, and the presence of previous foreign investors. We employ a discrete-choice model and...

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