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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-12-19
No abstract is available for this article.
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-11-21
No abstract is available for this article.
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Networking and spatial interactions: What contributes most to increasing museums' attractiveness? Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Cristina Bernini, Federica Galli
Given the relevance of museums in promoting cultural, tourism and economic development in local territories, we investigate the influence of both spatial and non-spatial interactions on museum attractiveness. In particular, we assess whether non-spatial collaborations such as partnerships and networking, contribute to enhancing their level of competitiveness and if spatial dependence occurs among neighbouring
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Regional economic resilience, trophic characteristics, and ecological analogies Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Hadi Arbabi, Giuliano Punzo
Works on regional resilience have at times borrowed from the engineering and ecological framing of system resilience. In ecological contexts, system resilience is rooted in network structure and its characteristics. Here, we empirically investigate the relationship between regional economic resilience and regional trophic characteristics across regional and national boundaries. We consider 249 NUTS2
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The productivity effects of polycentricity: A systematic analysis of urban regions in Europe Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Freke Caset, Yuting Yang, Ben Derudder, Krasen Samardzhiev
We focus on the extent to which polycentric urban regions can substitute for the agglomeration economies provided by large cities. Building on an open-source software tool that helps identifying polycentric developments in urban regions, we analyse the spatial structure (in terms of size, dispersion and polycentricity) of 94 regions across 34 European countries and link this to their level of total
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The innovation networks of city-regions in Europe: Exclusive clubs or inclusive hubs? Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Andrea Filippetti, Antonio Zinilli
Which role do city-regions play in European innovation network formation? We study the evolution of innovation collaborative networks in European city-regions outlining two opposite models: in the exclusive network model city-regions establish a closed network of innovators among themselves; in the inclusive network models city-regions build a network of innovators which includes the peripheral regions
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The European regions in the global value chains: New results with new data Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Miguel Ángel Almazán-Gómez, Carlos Llano, Julián Pérez, Giovanni Mandras
This article contains the methodology and main results related to the update and extension of the widest interregional input–output tables for the entire EU27, UK and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries. This work continues the outstanding effort developed in the past years regarding the estimation and analysis of different multiregional input–output (MRIO) databases at the country
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Quality of government and women's political empowerment: Evidence from European regions Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Vicente Rios, Mercedes Beltrán-Esteve, Lisa Gianmoena, Jesús Peiró-Palomino, Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo
This study examines the relationship between women's political empowerment (WPE) and the quality of government (QoG) in European regions. The analysis considers both the endogeneity of the QoG and female empowerment, and their spatial interdependence. We use exogenous variation in preindustrial societal traits, legal origins, and geographic and climatic characteristics to construct instruments using
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Skills for smart specialisation: Relatedness, complexity and evaluation of priorities Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Duygu Buyukyazici
The smart specialisation (SS) concept requires a thorough assessment of regional capabilities and strengths to be able to define region-specific policies to reach innovation-led growth. The present study proposes a framework that is based on regional workplace knowledge and skills which are good proxies of regional capabilities. In this regard, it evaluates the SS priorities of regions with respect
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From local to global, and return: Geographical indications and FDI in Europe Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Riccardo Crescenzi, Fabrizio De Filippis, Mara Giua, Luca Salvatici, Cristina Vaquero-Piñeiro
The geographical indication (GI) scheme of the European Union guarantees visibility and protection to high-quality agri-food products associated with a demarcated region of origin. This paper estimates the impact of the scheme in attracting agri-food foreign direct investment (FDI) in European NUTS3 regions, using a novel dataset and a generalized propensity score matching approach. Areas endorsed
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Closed vs. open city models: A new empirical approach to an old question Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Jeffrey A. DiBartolomeo, Geoffrey K. Turnbull
The empirical literature examining the determinants of city size almost exclusively uses the closed city version of the Mills–Muth model, in which population is exogenous. The closed city approach is particularly useful in that it yields a single equation empirical framework easily estimated with ordinary least squares (OLS). The general theory, however, offers the open city as an alternative, where
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Spatial mobility and overeducation of young workers: New evidence from France Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Florian Fouquet, Florent Sari
This paper explores the influence of spatial mobility on the risk of overeducation of French young workers. Mobilizing a survey following a cohort of young graduates entering the labour market from 2010 until 2013, our results reveal that interregional migration decreases the risk of (statistical and subjective) overeducation. We also evidence that migration to an economic centre (the Paris region)
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-08-23
No abstract is available for this article.
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Determinants of rural creative microclustering: Evidence from web-scraped data for England Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Jorge A. Velez-Ospina, Josh Siepel, Inge Hill, Frances Rowe
This study aims to compare the drivers of clustering of rural and urban creative industries in England. We use pre-pandemic web-scraped data from 154,618 creative industry organizations in England, and use a novel technique to identify 71 distinct rural creative “microclusters” of geographically proximate creative firms. We then consider the role of place-based assets and agglomeration in the presence
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Examination of related diversification in laggard regions Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Kyriakos Drivas, Claire Economidou, Ioannis Kaplanis, Maria Theano Tagaraki
In regions of meagre technology and market activities, traditional innovation metrics (patents and trademarks filed at international offices) may provide limited insight of the mechanisms of regional diversification and therefore policies, including smart specialization. We argue that in such regions, innovation activity, of lower value, can become the seed needed to grow to innovation of international
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Analysing public debt in the Mexican states: Spatial convergence, regional drivers and policy recommendations Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Mihaela Simionescu, Javier Cifuentes-Faura
Considering that public debt is a priority for policymakers in Mexico, the aim of this paper is to examine the convergence or divergence in debt per capita and main drivers of debt in the 32 Mexican states in the period 2006–2021. The results support significant spatial correlation of debt/cap across states. Cross-section and spatial dynamic regressions are used to analyse absolute and conditional
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-06-18
No abstract is available for this article.
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Place-based subsidies and employment growth in rural America: Evidence from the broadband initiatives programme Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Anil Rupasingha, John Pender, Ryan Williams, Joshua Goldstein, Devika Nair
This paper studies the labour market effects of the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), a programme authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to promote broadband deployment, mainly in rural areas. The BIP is one of the largest USDA broadband programmes implemented to date, providing more than $3.4 billion in grants and loans in FY 2010. We investigate the impacts of BIP investments
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Regional development trap in Turkey: Can relatedness find a way out? Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 İbrahim Tuğrul Çınar
This study investigates the relationship between related and unrelated variety and regional development traps in 26 NUTS 2 regions across Turkey from 2014 to 2021. We propose two unique measures, DT1 and DT2, for these traps based on deviations from EU and emerging market nations. Our findings suggest a notable negative correlation between related variety and DT1, implying that increasing related variety
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Putting MARS into space. Non-linearities and spatial effects in hedonic models Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Fernando López, Konstatin Kholodilin
Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline (MARS) is a simple and powerful non-parametric machine learning algorithm that automatizes the selection of non-linear terms in regression models. In this study, we propose using MARS in a spatial regression framework to account for potential non-linearities and spatial effects in spatial regression models. Using a relatively large data set of 17,000 dwellings
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The evolution of the Kuznets curve in Canada Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Sébastien Breau, Annie Lee
Since its original formulation, various extensions of the Kuznets hypothesis have been proposed. In this paper, we make use of a unique panel dataset of Canadian regions to test whether inter-personal income inequality increases once the initial inverted-U pattern is completed. Our results support the notion of a sideways S-shaped curve describing a wavelike decrease to increase shift, with a turning
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Nonparametric prediction for univariate spatial data: Methods and applications Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Rodrigo García Arancibia, Pamela Llop, Mariel Lovatto
We introduce five nonparametric kriging-type predictors for spatial data where only the variable of interest, without covariates, is recorded. The proposed methods seek to fully exploit the information contained in the spatial closeness and also in the similarity between neighbourhoods of the variable of interest. This is managed using different combinations of kernels (one or two kernels), and different
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-27
No abstract is available for this article.
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Does external linkage stimulate innovation capacity? The analysis based on “dual-pipelines” framework Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Bangjuan Wang, Weisheng Mao, Junxian Piao, Chengliang Liu
Drawing on “buzz-and-pipeline” theory, we develop a framework termed “dual-pipelines” to discover how the local innovation capacity can benefit from transnational and domestic introduced technology. We find that the intensity of transnational and domestic patent introduction both have an inverted U-shaped relationship with local innovation capacity. Also, the relatedness and similarity of domestic
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A holistic approach of the labour productivity slowdown in the regions of the European Union Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Maria Tsiapa
Productivity growth reflects the efficiency and the improvements in prosperity of economies. The productivity slowdown that has emerged in many advanced countries jeopardizes their economic potential and social cohesion. This paper attempts to analyse the complex problem of productivity and detect the culprits in the European Union's productivity slowdown. From a holistic viewpoint, the paper explores
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Spatial patterns of Cultural and Creative Industries: Creativity and filière behind concentration Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Roberto Dellisanti
Spatial concentration of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) is not a new topic in academic research. However, the analysis of this phenomenon often neglects that CCIs behave differently, due to their heterogeneity. Building on the literature on CCIs' concentration, a novel classification of CCIs is presented based on two key dimensions: heterogeneous creativity and filière. CCIs spatial concentration
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Changes in spatial discontinuity in settlement patterns in the Czech-Polish border area: A case study of Těšín Silesia Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Daniel Pavlačka, Dominik Kaim, Krzysztof Ostafin, Jaroslav Burian
The paper presents a discontinuity-based analysis of the settlement pattern changes in the Czechia–Poland cross-border historical region of Těšín Silesia. An approach based on a well-known and popular method (regression discontinuity design) was applied to measure spatial discontinuity. To describe the spatiotemporal changes, a combination of spatial, statistical and cartographic methods was used.
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Cultural heritage sites, tourism and regional economic resilience Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Vinko Muštra, Blanka Škrabić Perić, Smiljana Pivčević
The paper explores the role of tourism demand and cultural World Heritage Sites on the regional economic resilience among European Union countries. The results pinpoint to the importance of cultural World Heritage Sites in keeping the regional economic resilience. The results on tourism demand are not unambiguous—domestic tourist arrivals play a significantly positive role while inbound tourist arrivals
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Border Effects on firm's productivity: The role of peripherality and territorial capital Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Federico Fantechi, Ugo Fratesi
Border effects have long been studied and are a central element of EU regional policies. While most literature takes a macroeconomic approach, this paper adopts a microeconomic one, studying the impact on firm productivity in border areas. The empirical analysis, on Italian land borders, employs a novel two-phases double-matching design, which considers firm-level characteristics as well as the territorial
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Urban crisis vs. urban success in the era of 4.0 technologies: Baumol's model revisited Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello, Camilla Lenzi, Giovanni Perucca
The advent of 4.0 technologies allows a footloose location for firms and people, apparently suggesting a “flat world.” In this perspective, cities lose their attractiveness and undergo an urban decline. The aim of this paper is to reflect on urban growth opportunities provided by 4.0 technologies, detaching the analysis from a narrative and speculative explanation. The paper revisits the well-known
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Creating and maintaining film clusters: Synthetic control method analysis of the enactment and repeal of US state film incentives Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Dan S. Rickman, Hongbo Wang
The proliferation of US state incentives for film production led to numerous studies of whether the incentives affected production location, including case studies of key early incentive-adopting states. The overall evidence on the efficacy of incentives is mixed. We carry out numerous additional case studies using the synthetic control method (SCM). A unique contribution of the paper is an examination
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-21
No abstract is available for this article.
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Economic resilience and regionally differentiated cycles: Evidence from a turning point approach in Italy Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Hasan Engin Duran, Ugo Fratesi
The literature on regional resilience often neglects the timing of recessions and simply uses national cycles. Region-specific cycles and turning points might bias the results, however, and affect the choice of regions to target with policies. This paper investigates the geography and determinants of regional resilience with a regional turning point approach, using data for Italy, a country with a
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Big in the neighbourhood: Identifying local and regional centres through their network position Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Chris Jacobs-Crisioni, Mert Kompil, Lewis Dijkstra
National city ranks do not describe a settlement's local and regional relevance adequately. We introduce a method to rank settlements' centrality based on travel time and settlement size. We investigate the relationship between a settlement's size, whether it is a local or regional centre, and its service endowment. The approach explains per capita service endowments in Europe well, adding nuances
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A spatial origin-destination approach for the analysis of local tourism demand in Italy Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Salvatore Costantino, Maria Francesca Cracolici, J. Paul Elhorst
The article assesses the competitiveness of tourist destinations, while accounting for spatial features of tourism and information on both the origin and the destination of tourists. Using a dynamic spatial panel data model with common factors within the origin-destination framework, it explores unilateral inbound tourism flows in 110 Italian regions from 23 European origin countries over the period
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Tracking the Van: The role of forward linkages in logistics MNEs' location choices across European NUTS 3 regions Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Dalila Ribaudo
Logistics firms play a crucial role in overcoming time and distance constraints in supply chain management. However, little is known about their location patterns. This paper fills the gap by studying the logistics of multi-national enterprises' location choices across 380 NUTS 3. Using data on 1777 foreign direct investments (FDIs), our findings reveal that forward linkages with a region's retail
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Does the bullet train exacerbate urban shrinkage? Lessons from Japan Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Lisha Wang, Jian Wang, Xuepeng Qian
This paper evaluates the driving forces of urban shrinkage, focusing on transportation infrastructure using a conceptual framework. Employing a difference-in-difference approach, this study explores the impact of the high-speed railway on local shrinkage by focusing on implementing the bullet train in the Kyushu Shinkansen region of Japan. Our results show that after the introduction of the bullet
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Explaining COVID-19 vaccine uptake: A spatial sociodemographic study in Turkey Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Sebastien Bourdin, Sevgi Eda Tuzcu, Esra Satıcı
COVID-19 vaccines have so far been the most powerful weapon in the current pandemic, yet many people still show hesitancy towards them. This paper is one of the first studies that examine the factors affecting the COVID-19 vaccine uptake decision from a spatial perspective in Turkey. The study setting allows us to specify the spatial effects that are influential in this decision without which the true
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Poverty-happiness nexus: Does the use of regional poverty lines matter? Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-12 Cristina Bernini, Silvia Emili, Maria Rosaria Ferrante
This analysis aims to provide a comprehensive representation of the role of regional disparities in the nexus between poverty and subjective well-being, by adding the territorial dimension to the definition of poverty conditions. We investigate the nexus using regional poverty lines, including different poverty measures and considering different life domains. The analysis focuses on Italy because of
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Resilience and economic structure: The case of the Chilean regions during the Asian crises and the Great Recession of 2008 Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Cristian Delgado-Bello, Andrés Maroto Sáchez, Miguel Atienza Ubeda
This paper analyses the effects of the sectoral structure on the economic resilience of Chilean regions during the shocks of the 1998 Asian and 2008 financial crises by employing cycle dissection, phase-differentiated spatially extended shift-share analysis, and regional analysis indices. Regions with more diversified structures exhibited better performance during the crises. Certain service sectors
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Convergence heterogeneity at the local level in sub-Saharan Africa Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Matthieu Charpe
This paper tests for convergence in labour productivity at the local level in 10 sub-Saharan countries, disaggregated into 1136 administrative entities. This work combines nighttime lights data and a unique set of population censuses to produce local measures of growth, employment and sectoral shares. We find evidence of unconditional convergence across sectors in the range of 2%. However, convergence
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Agglomeration effects and unemployment to work: Evidence from French data Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Emmanuel Duguet, Yannick L'horty, Florent Sari
In this work, we explore the role of agglomeration economies on unemployment-to-work transition rates in French employment areas. Mobilizing administrative exhaustive data files from individuals registered at the employment agency, we estimate local transition rates that are independent of differences in local characteristics of job seekers. Then, observed disparities between areas are explained by
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Neighbourhood change in Genesee and Kent Counties, Michigan, 1970–2019 Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Evelyn Ravuri
Michigan was an industrial powerhouse until the onset of deindustrialization in 1970. This paper compares socio-economic and demographic changes at the neighbourhood level between 1970 and 2019 in two medium-sized cities/counties in Michigan (Flint/Genesee County and Grand Rapids/Kent County) that underwent deindustrialization. Only 35% of neighbourhoods in the two counties were of the same class in
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Are riskier cities more compact? An empirical study of the 11 largest census metropolitan areas in Canada, 2016 Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Xiaoxuan Sun, Diana Mok, Jinfei Wang
Why are some cities more compact than others? We argue that riskier housing markets have a costlier real option; developers would require greater compensation to build now—thus, developers are being incentivized to delay, giving rise to more compact cities. We test this hypothesis cross-sectionally for Canada's 11 largest census metropolitan areas. We interpret satellite imageries and estimate a hierarchical
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A joint spatial econometric model for regional FDI and output growth Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Tamás Krisztin, Philipp Piribauer
This paper studies the joint dynamics of foreign direct investments (FDI) and output growth in European regions by using spatially augmented systems of equations modeling framework that incorporates third-region and spillover effects. The joint framework is used to study the dynamic impacts of regional human capital endowments, which demonstrates the importance of explicitly accounting for an endogenous
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Dynamic returns to scale and geography in U.S. banking Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Anthony J. Glass, Karligash Kenjegalieva
We observe spatial cost dependence among medium-sized and large U.S. banks (1998Q1–2020Q4). We contribute to the literature by accounting for this using an accessible dynamic spatial econometric cost model. For a movement along a bank's output expansion path, we calculate the cost returns that spillover to/from the bank. The noticeable impacts of the 2020 COVID pandemic are on the spillover cost returns
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Government spending and credit market: Evidence from Italian (NUTS 3) provinces Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Andrea Cipollini, Francesco Frangiamore
This study examines the effects of government spending shocks on the Italian credit market using NUTS 3 data over the sample period 2011–2018. The empirical methodology is based on a local projection IV and the identification of a public spending shock is achieved by constructing a Bartik instrument. The empirical evidence shows a mild positive effect of 1% increase in government spending relative
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-01-17
No abstract is available for this article.
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Roads and intra-national trade: Evidence from Italian regions Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Marta Santagata
This paper investigates the role of motorway infrastructure in determining the export propensity of Italian regions. First, exporter fixed effects are estimated using a gravity model. Then, in a second step of the analysis, they are used as a proxy for export propensity and are regressed on highways endowment. Since there may be endogeneity issues, to investigate the causal relation between highways
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Cultural participation in Cultural and Creative Cities: Positive regional outcomes and potential congestion concerns Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Silvia Cerisola, Elisa Panzera
Following the hype that has been given to culture as trigger and enhancer of local economic performance in the last 20 years, the cultural character of cities is considered as a strategic strength and opportunity that can favour the economic system of the entire regions in which the cities are located. According to this perspective, this paper explores the role of cultural participation, intended as
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FDI and the growing wage gap in Mexican municipalities Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) has generally been linked to higher wages, but evidence remains sparse on the overall effects of FDI on average wages, the wage gap between skilled and unskilled labour, and inter-industry heterogeneity. We address these issues for Mexican municipalities and industries for a period of increasing FDI and sectoral change that saw growing wage inequality. By combining
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São Francisco River Transposition Project: Socio-economic impacts in Brazilian Northeast semi-arid region Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Edson Ramos de Medeiros, Terciane Sabadini Carvalho, Kênia Barreiro de Souza
The aim of this study is to assess the socio-economic impacts of the São Francisco River Integration Project (PISF). In order to do that, a dynamic inter-regional computable general equilibrium model is used, called TERM-NEPISF. An increase in investments and in the total productivity of factors in the agricultural sectors was simulated. In general, the results reveal that greater investment and increase
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The effect of cultural and creative production on human capital: Evidence from European regions Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Filippo Berti Mecocci, Amir Maghssudipour, Marco Bellandi
Cultural and creative production (CCP) can create, renovate, and shape places' socio-economic environments. Recent contributions suggest that culture can activate a set of cognitive and productive mechanisms that form the basis of human capital (HC) dynamics. Bridging these two streams of research, the present paper investigates possible causal relationships between CCP and HC at the regional level
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-10-11
No abstract is available for this article.
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Tourism and territorial growth determinants in insular regions: A comparison with mainland regions for some European countries (2008–2019) Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-09-05 Fabio Mazzola, Pietro Pizzuto, Giovanni Ruggieri
The article investigates the different growth patterns of islands and mainland regions by looking at their tourism and territorial characteristics differences. We considered per capita income and employment growth patterns in a panel data model focused on 74 regions in seven European countries from 2008 to 2019. The results show how the importance of some growth factors, especially those related to
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Beyond productivity slowdown: Quality, pricing and resource reallocation in regional competitiveness Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-08-31 Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello, Giovanni Perucca
Labour productivity change at constant prices is the mainstream indicator of regional competitiveness. However, it hides and overlooks some relevant sources of competitiveness that may partly explain the Solow paradox. First, it mixes productivity improvements from technological progress with those from relocating activities to more productive sectors. Second, it partially overlooks novelties and qualities
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Issue Information Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-08-23
No abstract is available for this article.
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The impact of preemptive investment on natural disasters1 Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Jhorland Ayala-García, Sandy Dall'Erba
This paper studies the impact of preemptive investment against natural disasters on the future occurrence of landslides and the losses associated with it. Based on a panel of 746 Colombian municipalities with medium and high risk of landslides and an instrumental variable approach, we find that preemptive public investment can reduce the number of landslides, the number of people who die, are injured
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Direct and indirect effects of universities on European regional productivity Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Emanuela Marrocu, Raffaele Paci, Stefano Usai
Universities are fundamental in driving economic performance as they generate human capital, research and knowledge diffusion. We propose a novel analysis by investigating their effects on European regions' total factor productivity (TFP) over the period 2000–2016. We distinguish between direct effects, due to universities societal role (“third mission”), and indirect ones originating from human and
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A matter of life and death? Knowledge intensity of FDI activities and domestic enterprise Pap. Reg. Sci. (IF 2.186) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Piers Thompson, Wenyu Zang
There is no overall agreement on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic enterprise, this may reflect different effects from various types of FDI. A panel data regression approach is adopted to examine the impact of knowledge intensive FDI on both new firm formation and the deaths of enterprises. Jobs created by FDI are found to not influence firm births, but influence