Borders matter!: Regional integration in Europe and North America [PDF]
We analyze the spatial interaction among regions in North America and in Western Europe. We use a gravity model extended by a spatial correlation structures where data allows to evaluate the level of impact and the length of the spatial tail. This allows
Blum, Ulrich
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Location Choices of Multinational Firms in Europe: the Role of National Bourdaries and EU Policy [PDF]
We examine the determinants of multinational firms’ location choices in Europe by estimating a nested logit model on a data-set of 5,761 foreign subsidiaries established in 55 regions in 8 EU countries over the period 1991-1999.
Davide Castellani, Roberto Basile
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Regional Policy and Convergence in Europe: The Case of Backward Regions [PDF]
This paper analyzes the performance of regions whose development is lagging behind since the institutionalization of the EU regional policy, (1989). Results from a panel data model with fixed effects prove that backward regions have been catching up with
Andres Faiña, Jesus Lopez-Rodriguez
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Exploring Subjective Income Inequality in Europe and MENA Regions
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic SeriesThis article examines the relationship between income inequalities and attitudes toward them in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) regions, representing the world's most equal and unequal regions.
Małgorzata Szczepaniak +2 more
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Development and Religious Polarization: The Emergence of Reform and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism [PDF]
Jewish emancipation in nineteenth century Europe produced drastically different responses. In Germany, a liberal variant known as Reform developed, while ultra-Orthodox Judaism emerged in eastern Europe. We develop a model of religious organization which
Jean-Paul Carvalho, Mark Koyama
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Regional specialization and trade patterns in Europe. [PDF]
In the present paper we will study the effects of the construction of an internal market in Europe in 1992. The question to be answered is whether some regions in Europe have improved their positions in the internal EU trade from a better exploitation of
Frias, Isidro +2 more
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Regions Engaging Globalization: A Typology of Regional Responses in Rural Europe
Journal of Rural and Community Development, 2014 impact of globalization processes on regional economies, societies and environments. Accordingly, globalization is producing not a homogenized global rural space, but rather a reconfigured but spatially differentiated 'global countryside' in
Micheal Woods
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Regional differences in productivity growth in The Netherlands: an industry-level growth accounting [PDF]
It is well known that the productivity growth in Europe is slowing down, against an increasing growth rate in the US. The Netherlands is one of countries in Europe with the lowest growth rates of productivity.
Broersma, Lourens, Dijk, Jouke van
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The second transition: Eastern Europe in perspective [PDF]
This paper studies the global trade and financial market integration of the countries in Eastern Europe. The countries of Eastern Europe achieved two remarkable transitions in the short period of the last two decades: from plan to market and, then, in ...
Ashoka Mody +2 more
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What determined the uneven post 1975 development of Europe''s southern regions? [PDF]
Since 1975, the extent of catching-up has been very different between Southern regions. Starting from the proposals of growth theory, the paper wishes to show whether growth differences can be attributed to different endowment in human capital ...
Gabriele Tondl
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