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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite fiscal reforms aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 17.1—strengthening domestic resource mobilization for development—the impact of fiscal autonomy on local economic development (LED) in South Africa remains underexplored. Therefore, this study examines the impact of fiscal autonomy across 248 municipalities from 2009
Nara Monkam, Charles Shaaba Saba
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From Digital Clusters to Urban Environmental Sustainability: New Mechanisms and Spillover Effects
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The burgeoning concentration of digital industries has garnered considerable scholarly interest as a catalyst for economic dynamism and technological innovation. However, its environmental ramifications—particularly regarding pollutant emissions—remain insufficiently examined.
Miaomiao Tao +3 more
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Rise And Fall Of Cities, Measuring Spatial Clustering And Economies Of Urban Agglomeration In West Java [PDF]
With others neighboring Provinces in the western part of Java, the West Java Province shares the southeast Asian most densely urban area (Bodebek as part of Jabodetabek and Greater Bandung). This research tries to identify the spatial clustering of urban
Eva Nurwita, Rullan Rinaldi
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Do digital platforms create entrepreneurial opportunities? Evidence from marginal areas
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This article enters the debate on the effects of digital platforms on entrepreneurial opportunities by estimating whether the entry of a home‐sharing platform shapes entrepreneurial decisions in marginal areas. We add a novel perspective to the literature, as we contend that when economic conditions are unfavorable, digital ...
Francesco Luigi Milone +2 more
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On Amenities, Natural Advantage and Agglomeration [PDF]
A prominent feature of economic geography in America is the positive correlation amongst local incomes, housing costs and city population. This paper embeds a “black box” agglomeration economy within a more neoclassical general equilibrium model of local
Krupka, Douglas J.
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Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
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Agglomeration Index Towards a New Measure of Urban Concentration [PDF]
A common challenge in analyzing urbanization is the data. The United Nations (UN) compiles information on urbanization (urban population and its share of total national population) that is reported by various countries but there is no standardized ...
Nelson, Andrew, Uchida, Hirotsugu
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Small, EarlyView.Chalcogenide materials emerge as efficient agents for water purification, enabling adsorptive and photocatalytic removal of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. This review highlights recent advances in synthesis, structural tuning, and pollutant interaction mechanisms, while addressing challenges of toxicity and scalability. Insights into the future
Damilola Caleb Akintayo +2 more
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2021 Abstract Knowledge and innovation have become a significant source of modern regional development. The paper aims to study the spatial association of innovation and model innovation, besides critiquing regional innovation policy, using the regional knowledge production function approach.
Mohamed Abouelhassan Ali
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Agglomeration and cross-border infrastructure [PDF]
This paper deals with the effects of cross-border transport infrastructure in the presence of agglomeration economies. Cross-border infrastructure is more likely to increase than to decrease inequalities between and within regions, and has not helped ...
Puga, Diego
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