How to measure the unobservable: a panel technique for the analysis of TFP convergence

A Di Liberto, F Pigliaru, R Mura - Oxford Economic Papers, 2008 - academic.oup.com
This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology that enables us to simultaneously
take into account both TFP convergence and the traditional neoclassical-type of …

Externalities and local economic growth in manufacturing industries

S Usai, R Paci - European regional growth, 2003 - Springer
The recent revival of interest in issues relating to economic geography has put new vigour
into research efforts intending to explain economic phenomena without neglecting space …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] The changing economic geography of globalization

G Vertova - 2006 - library.oapen.org
The process of globalization has had profound, often destabilizing, effects on space, at all
levels (ie local, regional, national, international). This revealing book analyzes, both …

Spatial externalities and local economic growth

S Deidda, R Paci, S Usai - 2003 - econstor.eu
The growing interest on the economic geography issues has provided new vigour to the
research efforts aiming at explaining economic phenomena without neglecting space. In …

Schooling, production structure and growth: An empirical analysis on Italian regions

C Hirsch, G Sulis - Rivista italiana degli economisti, 2009 - rivisteweb.it
Is human capital really important for growth? If that is the case, why is the empirical evidence
on the effects of schooling in growth regressions weak and inconclusive? How important is …

Externalities and local economic growth in manufacturing industries

R Paci, S Usai - 2001 - ideas.repec.org
The growing interest on the economic geography issues has provided new vigour to the
research efforts aiming at explaining economic phenomena without neglecting space. In …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] Social capital, institutions and growth: further lessons from the Italian regional divide

L Mauro, F Pigliaru - 2011 - crenos.unica.it
Since Putnam's work on social capital, the Italian regional case has been a very rich source
of both data and theories about the origins of large and persistent differences in local stocks …

Decomposing productivity patterns in a conditional convergence framework

R Bernardini Papalia, S Bertarelli - Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2009 - Springer
In this study we examine regional data on per worker GDP, disaggregated at sectoral level,
by focusing our interest on the role of differences in the sectoral composition of activities …

Regional convergence and public spending in Italy. Is there a correlation?

V Daniele - 2009 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it examines the evolution of regional disparities
among the Italian regions during the period 1980-2007. Secondly, the paper analyses the …

Employment growth of small computing services firms and the role of horizontal clusters: evidence from Great Britain 1991–2000

B Fingleton, DC Igliori, B Moore - European regional growth, 2003 - Springer
In recent years, two overlap** topics have received particular attention by govemments
and researchers throughout the world, particularly in Europe. The emergence of local …