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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:44
2019-09-28T01:04:56Z
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Macro-determinants of UK regional unemployment and the role of employment flexibility
Monastiriotis, Vassilis
R38 - Government Policy
J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
E24 - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Aggregate Human Capital ; Aggregate Labor Productivity
E12 - Keynes ; Keynesian ; Post-Keynesian
This paper explores the macroeconomic determinants of UK regional unemployment and their relation to the influences on unemployment exerted by the levels and types of employment flexibility in the country. Theoretically the paper draws on Keynesian and monetarist explanations of unemployment and elaborates on how the two main theoretical approaches perceive the role of price stability, accumulation, macroeconomic shocks and labour market rigidities for unemployment. Empirically, the analysis relies on a novel set of flexibility indicators and examines their impact on regional unemployment, unemployment
persistence, and adjustment to economic shocks. The results provide useful insights into the explored relationships and highlight the areas and conditions under which employment flexibility helps achieve favourable employment outcomes. The implications of the findings are discussed in the concluding section.
2006-03
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/44/1/MPRA_paper_44.pdf
Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2006): Macro-determinants of UK regional unemployment and the role of employment flexibility. Published in: European Institute Working Paper Series No. No 2006-01 (March 2006): pp. 1-40.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:52
2019-10-01T03:02:02Z
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Transportation and Infrastructure, Retail Clustering, and Local Public Finance: Evidence from Wal-Mart's Expansion
Hicks, Michael
R52 - Land Use and Other Regulations
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
The author examines the role highway infrastructure and local property tax rate variability play
in retail agglomeration in Indiana from 1988 through 2003. To account for data errors and the
potential endogeneity of taxes and infrastructure on retail agglomeration, he introduces a unique
identification strategy that exploits the entrance timing and location of Wal-Mart stores in Indiana.
Using a time-series cross-sectional model of Indiana’s 92 counties from 1988 through 2003, he
estimates the impact highway infrastructure, property taxes, and big-box competition have in
creating regional agglomerations. Among two separate specifications and a full and rural-only set
of the data, the author finds considerable agreement in the results. In the full sample, he finds no
relationship between property tax rates or highway infrastructure and retail agglomeration. Within
the non-metropolitan statistical area (MSA) counties, this relationship is very modest, though it
possesses considerable statistical certainty. Highway impacts within the non-MSA counties are
significant and positively related to retail agglomeration, with the presence of highways explaining
about 10 percent of total agglomeration variability. (JEL R11, R53)
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/52/1/MPRA_paper_52.pdf
Hicks, Michael (2006): Transportation and Infrastructure, Retail Clustering, and Local Public Finance: Evidence from Wal-Mart's Expansion. Published in: Regional Economic Development , Vol. 2, No. 2 (2006): pp. 100-114.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:98
2019-09-27T02:34:37Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/98/
Domestic and International Knowledge Spillovers in the South Korean Manufacturing Industries.
Singh, Lakhwinder
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
This paper explores the relationship between the productivity growth and both domestic and international knowledge spillovers in the Korean manufacturing industries, using panel data for twenty eight industries over the period 1970-2000. To empirically verify the extent of domestic and international knowledge spillovers we have followed endogenous growth approach and wisdom from new international trade theory. We find strong productivity effects from industry’s own R&D as well as domestic and foreign knowledge spillovers. International knowledge spillovers transmitted by trade played dominant role in explaining productivity growth in the Korean manufacturing industries during the 1970s and 1980s, but the international knowledge spillovers did not play any significant role in the 1990s. This empirical finding has strong implications for the Korean technology policy as well as for the strict intellectual property rights regime enacted by the WTO.
2006-10-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/98/1/MPRA_paper_98.pdf
Singh, Lakhwinder (2006): Domestic and International Knowledge Spillovers in the South Korean Manufacturing Industries. Published in: Economic and Political Weekly , Vol. Vol. 3, No. No.5 (30 January 2004): pp. 498-505.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:219
2019-10-10T17:15:08Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/219/
International convergence and local divergence
Cristobal, Adolfo
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
F43 - Economic Growth of Open Economies
This work presents a north-south endogenous-growth model that reproduces some recent EU stylized facts: convergence between countries, divergence between the same countries, more spatial concentration of economic activity and higher growth rates.
We claim that the ongoing technological reduction of transaction costs can conceivably spur those phenomena, specially if a regional productive duality within the less-developed countries were reinforced by a biased incidence of that fall in transaction costs.
A key element is Grossman and Helpman's complementarity between innovation and imitation. The channels that allow for higher growth-rates are migrations and scale-effects in the industrialized regions of the poorest countries.
2005
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/219/1/MPRA_paper_219.pdf
Cristobal, Adolfo (2005): International convergence and local divergence. Forthcoming in: Annals of Regional Science
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:379
2019-09-26T18:49:40Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/379/
Prospects for a unified urban general equilibrium theory
Berliant, Marcus
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
D60 - General
D51 - Exchange and Production Economies
This is a short essay on open questions in urban economic theory.
2006-08-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/379/1/MPRA_paper_379.pdf
Berliant, Marcus (2006): Prospects for a unified urban general equilibrium theory.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:390
2019-09-26T15:51:46Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/390/
Study on Applications of Supply and Demand Theory of Microeconomics and Physics Field Theory to Central Place Theory
Nien, Benjamin Chih-Chien
D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory
D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory
C02 - Mathematical Methods
R10 - General
This paper attempts to analyze “central place theory” of spatial economics based on “supply and demand theory” in microeconomics and “field theory” in physics, and also discuss their relationship. Three most important research findings are described below. Firstly, the concept of market equilibrium could be expressed in the mathematical form of physics field theory under proper hypothesis. That is because the most important aspect of field theory model is that complex analysis is taken as a key mathematical tool. If assuming that “imaginary part” is neglected in this model, it is found that this model has the same mathematical structure as supply and demand theory of microeconomics. Secondly, the mathematical model of field theory can be applied to express clearly many concepts of central place theory, or even introduce many new concepts. Thirdly, it could also be taken as a study of combining the Hotelling Model and Moses Model for the location theory in another mathematic approach.
2006-09-18
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/390/1/MPRA_paper_390.pdf
Nien, Benjamin Chih-Chien (2006): Study on Applications of Supply and Demand Theory of Microeconomics and Physics Field Theory to Central Place Theory.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:432
2019-09-29T11:06:06Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/432/
Water transfers in El Paso County, Texas
Fullerton, Thomas
Q25 - Water
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Water rights transfers for surface water have taken place in El Paso County in far west Texas for many decades. Historically, these exchanges have primarily occurred between agricultural water users. In recent decades, there have also been trnsfers from agricultural uses to urban uses. Ongoing commercial and demographic expansion in the El Paso metropolitan economy increases the likelihood of additional farm-to-municipal tranfers in future years. Although legal mechanisms have periodically been introduced to allow these exchanges to occur, pricing has not played a central role in the process. At present, water transfers in El Paso county occur under fairly rigid conditions.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/432/1/MPRA_paper_432.pdf
Fullerton, Thomas (2006): Water transfers in El Paso County, Texas. Published in: Water Policy , Vol. 8, No. 3 (2006): pp. 255-268.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:434
2019-09-27T06:51:00Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/434/
Milkshake Prices, International Reserves, and the Mexican Peso
Fullerton, Thomas
Torres, David
R15 - Econometric and Input-Output Models ; Other Models
F31 - Foreign Exchange
Menu prices from 13 international restaurant franchises that operate in both El Paso and Ciudad Juarez are utilized to examine the behavior over time of the peso/dollar exchange rate. Parametric and non-parametric tests indicate that the price ratio alone provides a biased estimator of the exchange rate. In addition to the multi-product price ratio, the empirical analysis also incorporates interst rate prity and balance of payment variables. The combination of unique microeconomic sample data with national macroeconomic variables illustrates one manner in which border economies provide information regarding the interplay of financial markets between Mexico and the United States.
2005
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/434/1/MPRA_paper_434.pdf
Fullerton, Thomas and Torres, David (2005): Milkshake Prices, International Reserves, and the Mexican Peso. Published in: Frontera Norte , Vol. 17, No. 33 (2006): pp. 53-76.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:451
2019-09-26T14:49:13Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/451/
Econometric Evidence Regarding Education and Border Income Performance
Almada, Christa
Blanco-Gonzalez, Lorenzo
Eason, Patricia
Fullerton, Thomas
J38 - Public Policy
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
This study examines the relationship between education and income in Texas counties that are located along the border with Mexico. Estimation results confirm ealrier research results for this region. Parameter heterogeneity underscores the increased importance of education in the service-oriented labor market that has emerged in recent years in the United States. Simulation results quantify the income gains that could potentially be realized if drop out rates were lowered in the border counties included in the sample.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/451/1/MPRA_paper_451.pdf
Almada, Christa and Blanco-Gonzalez, Lorenzo and Eason, Patricia and Fullerton, Thomas (2006): Econometric Evidence Regarding Education and Border Income Performance. Published in: Mountain Plains Journal of Business & Economics , Vol. 7, (2006): pp. 11-24.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:475
2019-09-30T16:12:20Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/475/
Soziale und regionale Ungleichgewichte, politische Instabilitaet und die Notwendigkeit von Pensionsreformen im neuen Europa
Tausch, Arno
J32 - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits ; Retirement Plans ; Private Pensions
H55 - Social Security and Public Pensions
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
F15 - Economic Integration
G23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions ; Financial Instruments ; Institutional Investors
F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
If Europe wants to fulfill it’s Lisbon agenda of catching up with the United States, it must overhaul its pension systems and introduce some form or other of private pension funds, which are a major force in financing technological advance in the capitalist world economy today.
Our investigations clearly show that World Bank pension reforms are associated in a positive way with the rates of change of a country’s performance to the better. The time-series correlations for each country in the world system from 1980 onwards with economic growth (World Bank data series), unemployment (ILO data series), and economic inequality (Univer-sity of Texas Inequality Project) are neatly explained by our explanatory variables; the direc-tion of the influence of pension reform on the three dependent variables each time indicating that pension reform is compatible with economic growth, full employment and the redistribution of incomes.
The same positive effects are also at work in explaining economic growth, full employment and reductions of unemployment over time in Europe’s over 300 different regions. The Euro-pean regions, whose countries realized a three-pillar pension model, developed more rapidly and had – ceteris paribus – a better employment record than the non-reformers. Persistent non-reform, as the German example especially dramatically shows, can lead to a circulus vi-ciosus of stagnation and unemployment under the conditions of globalization.
2004
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/475/1/MPRA_paper_475.pdf
Tausch, Arno (2004): Soziale und regionale Ungleichgewichte, politische Instabilitaet und die Notwendigkeit von Pensionsreformen im neuen Europa. Published in: Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für europaeische Studien, University of Trier, FRG , Vol. 2004, No. 56 (2004): pp. 1-227.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:486
2019-10-01T20:46:08Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/486/
The role of Entrepreneurial Universities in interfacing Competitive Advantages: The Case of Beira Interior region (Portugal)
Ferreira, Joao
Leitão, João
Raposo, Mario
M13 - New Firms ; Startups
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
This paper reveals the importance of a local entrepreneurial university in interfacing
competitive advantages, by assuming the condition of most influent and dynamic engine
of regional development. The strategic diagnosis provides the identification of a dominant quadrant in the TOWS matrix application to the Beira Interior region, which is dominated by Mini-Maxi strategies. For improving the competitive positioning of that region, the transition from the dominant quadrant (Mini-Maxi) to the most desirable quadrant (Maxi-Maxi) is also proposed. In this sense, the University assumes a fundamental role in the design and in the promotion of the proposed set of strategic actions, which should be implemented in two critical areas: traditional activities and tourism; and entrepreneurship and innovation. In terms of future research, the same analytical tool could be applied to other regions with a similar competitive profile, in order to obtain comparative analyses and to better calibrate the TOWS Matrix.
2006-10-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/486/1/MPRA_paper_486.pdf
Ferreira, Joao and Leitão, João and Raposo, Mario (2006): The role of Entrepreneurial Universities in interfacing Competitive Advantages: The Case of Beira Interior region (Portugal).
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:488
2019-10-01T14:28:51Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/488/
Open Innovation Clusters: The Case of Cova da Beira Region (Portugal)
Leitão, João
R3 - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location
M13 - New Firms ; Startups
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
M20 - General
This paper aims to reveal the role played by open innovation schemes in the
development of new competitive advantages. Furthermore, it aims to present a normative
model for networking knowledge clusters, that is, traditional clusters that are applied to the case of the Cova da Beira region (Portugal) such as Agro-Food, Textile, and Public Sector; and a set of emergent clusters that include Bioscience, Biotechnology, Multimedia, Tourism, Health, and Knowledge. In this paper, the basic framework about clusters was expanded, taking as reference the studies of Porter (1985, 1990, 1998, 2005), Feldman (1994), Porter and Stern (2001), and Furman, Porter and Stern (2002). The problematic related to open innovation schemes is integrated in this framework in order to reveal the importance of building new kinds of open innovation networks that don’t involve the geographic concentration of the enterprises. After making a literature review in order to present the analytical framework that includes the clusters theory, a normative model is presented through the development of a case study applied to the Cova da Beira region (Portugal). This option is due to the existence of a local University that has historically interfaced the launching of open-innovation spin-offs into local and international clusters networks. The present paper reveals a high degree of originality, since it contributes to the introduction of the concept of open innovation into the literature about clusters. The main point is that open innovation provides two main implications to build up and leverage both internal and external knowledge into international clusters networks. First, this study presents a basic implication for several agents such as, entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers; that is, universities are principals in interfacing the sources of open innovation and the transfer of processes of knowledge into the international clusters networks. Second, it promotes the inclusion of the issue related to the creation of international and institutional networks in the short agenda of the referred agents in order to promote the introduction of new open innovation schemes.
2006-10-16
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/488/1/MPRA_paper_488.pdf
Leitão, João (2006): Open Innovation Clusters: The Case of Cova da Beira Region (Portugal).
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:515
2019-09-28T02:53:55Z
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Real interest rates equalization: The case of Malaysia and Singapore
Ling, Tai-Hu
Liew, Venus Khim-Sen
Syed Khalid Wafa, Syed Azizi Wafa
F36 - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
This study provides some evidences showing high degree of financial integration from both evidences of common shocks and real interest parity in the context of two small and open economies, that is, Malaysia and Singapore. Few key policy implications may be suggested from the findings in this study. First, foreign investors who invest in these two countries may need to look for sources of diversification to protect their wealth against the occurrence of contagion effect due to the strong trade and finance relationship between these two countries. Second, the banks and businesses that set rules for interest rates on deposits and loans should be kept consistently with commercial banking practices and key developments in the financial sectors for the betterment of both Malaysia and Singapore economies. Third and most importantly, as two financial markets are highly linked, the monetary and fiscal authorities of both countries should work hand-in-hand to avoid any potential macroeconomic instability in this region.
2006-09-26
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/515/1/MPRA_paper_515.pdf
Ling, Tai-Hu and Liew, Venus Khim-Sen and Syed Khalid Wafa, Syed Azizi Wafa (2006): Real interest rates equalization: The case of Malaysia and Singapore.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:626
2019-09-27T05:49:57Z
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El Paso Property Tax Abatement Ineffectiveness
Fullerton, Thomas
Aragones-Zamudio, Victor
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
H25 - Business Taxes and Subsidies
Similar to many communities throughout the United States, the City of El Paso, Texas utilizes property tax abatements as a means for inducing companies to invest in the local economy. Abatements in El Paso were first introduced in 1988. Although many studies have examined the effectiveness of municipal abatement policies, most of those efforts rely on survey questionnaires or cross-sctional data. This study employs a time series data set to examine whether municipal authorities have achieved the objectives of the abatement program in El Paso.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/626/1/MPRA_paper_626.pdf
Fullerton, Thomas and Aragones-Zamudio, Victor (2006): El Paso Property Tax Abatement Ineffectiveness. Published in: International Journal of Business & Public Administration , Vol. 3, No. 1 (2006): pp. 79-94.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:727
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The Role of Public Infraestructure in Market Development in Rural Peru
Escobal, Javier
I38 - Government Policy ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing ; Cooperatives ; Agribusiness
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
D23 - Organizational Behavior ; Transaction Costs ; Property Rights
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
This Study provides a conceptual framework to study the impact of rural infrastructure investment in market development and in the enhancement of income generating opportunities for the poor in rural Peru. The study uses descriptive methods and regression analysis together with relatively new impact evaluation techniques, like propensity score matching, to understand the causal paths through which the access to new or improved infrastructure services affect the livelihood strategies and livelihood outcomes of rural households. The data sources included in this study include regional time series data, several cross-section household level data sets coming from rural representative Living Standard Measurement Surveys; a household panel data set coming from the same source, together with specialized surveys developed by the author. The analysis shows that there are important complementarities in rural infrastructure investment. That is, even if any particular infrastructure investment (related to roads, electricity, telecommunication, water, or sanitation services) may be subject to diminishing returns, if done in isolation, this effect can be overcome if it is done in combination with other investments. In this way it is possible to get a sustained growth effect on rural incomes from infrastructure investment. The study shows that infrastructure investments reduce transaction costs and enhances the opportunities for spatial arbitrage, paving the way for improving market efficiency. However, the study warns that efficiency and equity gains may not occur simultaneously, because those that are better off in rural areas may obtain higher returns to infrastructure investments because of a larger private asset base or because of a better access to other public infrastructure.
2005-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/727/1/MPRA_paper_727.pdf
Escobal, Javier (2005): The Role of Public Infraestructure in Market Development in Rural Peru.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:766
2019-09-29T04:46:22Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/766/
Dispersed Interactions of Urban Residents
Bazhanov, Andrei
Hartwick, John
R14 - Land Use Patterns
D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory
Beckmann's interaction model has each resident touching base in face-to-face activity with every other resident at the other's residence per unit time. We re-work his resulting ''interaction city'' with each resident ''operating with'' a Cobb-Douglas utility function. Similar but somewhat ''richer'' outcomes occur. We also investigate a new case with intermediate dispersion of face-to-face activity, one with scale economies in trip-making.
2006-11-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/766/1/MPRA_paper_766.pdf
Bazhanov, Andrei and Hartwick, John (2006): Dispersed Interactions of Urban Residents.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:846
2019-09-27T06:25:14Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/846/
Cluster Complexes: A Framework for Understanding the Internationalisation of Innovation Systems
Wixted, Brian
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
O30 - General
The literature on clustering that has developed over the last two decades or so has given us a wealth of information on the formation and competitiveness of places in the global economy. Similarly, the systems literature on innovation has been valuable in moving the debate around technology from a focus on the entrepreneur to one than encompasses institutions, government, suppliers, customers and universities. However, there remains an important limit to this research; the borders of political jurisdictions, usually nation states, typically delineate the studies. It is argued in this paper that during an era when the international architecture of production relationships is changing, this view of systems is hindering its further development. This paper briefly examines what we have learnt of innovation systems, including clustering and also explores the limitations of this work. From this foundation it is proposed in this paper that a framework which understands clusters as nodes within extra-territorial networks is a promising approach for internationalising the systems of innovation perspective. The advantage of the approach presented here is that it can simultaneously capture regional specialisations and be disaggregated enough to apply on a technology / sectoral basis. Another principle advantage is that such a framework goes someway towards an understanding of interregional and international trade that is consistent with what other studies have shown of the development of innovation within particular geographic locations. The paper draws from extensive data analysis of industrial interdependencies that cross national borders to support the case for cluster complexes that transcend regional and national borders.
2006-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Wixted, Brian (2006): Cluster Complexes: A Framework for Understanding the Internationalisation of Innovation Systems.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:954
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Heterogeneous Convergence
Young, Andrew
Higgins, Matthew
Levy, Daniel
O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
We use US county-level data containing 3,058 cross-sectional observations and 41 conditioning variables to study economic growth and explore possible heterogeneity in growth determination across 32 individual states. Using a 3SLS-IV estimation method, we find that the convergence rates for 32 individual states are above 2 percent, with an average of 8.1 percent. For 7 states the convergence rate can be rejected as identical to at least one other state’s convergence rate with 95 percent confidence. Convergence rates are negatively correlated with initial income. The size of government at all levels of decentralization is either unproductive or negatively correlated with growth. Educational attainment has a non-linear relationship with growth. The size of the finance, insurance and real estate, and entertainment industries are positively correlated with growth, while the size of the education industry is negatively correlated with growth. Heterogeneity in the effects of balanced growth path determinants across individual states is harder to detect than in convergence rates.
2006-10-25
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/954/1/MPRA_paper_954.pdf
Young, Andrew and Higgins, Matthew and Levy, Daniel (2006): Heterogeneous Convergence.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1014
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Federal, State, and Local Governments: Evaluating their Separate Roles in US Growth
Higgins, Matthew
Young, Andrew
Levy, Daniel
H50 - General
O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence
H70 - General
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
We use new US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the size of government at three levels: federal, state and local. Using 3SLS-IV estimation we find that the size of federal, state and local government all either negatively correlate with or are uncorrelated with economic growth. We find no evidence that government is more efficient at more or less decentralized levels. Furthermore, while we cannot separate out the productive and redistributive services of government, we document that the county-level income distribution became slightly wider from 1970 to 1998. Our findings suggest that a release of government-employed labor inputs to the private sector would be growth-enhancing.
2006-11-03
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1014/1/MPRA_paper_1014.pdf
Higgins, Matthew and Young, Andrew and Levy, Daniel (2006): Federal, State, and Local Governments: Evaluating their Separate Roles in US Growth.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1068
2019-10-04T19:27:44Z
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Taxation, infrastructure, and endogenous trade costs in New Economic Geography
Gruber, Stefan
Marattin, Luigi
H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; Fragmentation
H25 - Business Taxes and Subsidies
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
This paper presents a New Economic Geography model with distortionary taxation and endogenized trade costs. Tax revenues finance a public good, infrastructure. We show that the introduction of costly public investment in infrastructure increases agglomerative tendencies. With respect to the regions' sizes, in the periphery, the price-index for manufacturing goods decreases, whereas for the core, the price-index is rather high since the distortionary effect of taxes dominates. 'Free riding' - or, in terms of regional policy, externally funded infrastructure investment - is beneficial for the periphery, which can devote all its tax revenue to local demand support, generating a positive home market effect and driving the catch-up process.
2008-07-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1068/1/MPRA_paper_1068.pdf
Gruber, Stefan and Marattin, Luigi (2008): Taxation, infrastructure, and endogenous trade costs in New Economic Geography.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1278
2019-09-26T13:54:38Z
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Can Information Asymmetry Cause Agglomeration?
Berliant, Marcus
Kung, Fan-chin
D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; Mechanism Design
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Various models, such as those used in the New Economic Geography literature, employ combinations of agglomerative and repulsive forces to generate equilibria with cities and agglomeration. Can classical asymmetric information in the labor market, in the form of adverse selection, result in an equilibrium that features agglomeration of agents? We use a model with two types, high and low ability, and two locations. The high type dislikes work more than the low type. Firms in both locations have the same technology for production of a single consumption commodity that depends on the type of worker employed. They know the distribution of types, but the type of a particular worker is private information to that worker. The firms compete with both potential entrants and firms in the other location. Firms offer labor contracts that specify wages based on hours worked. In equilibrium, zero profit, voluntary participation, and incentive compatibility constraints must be satisfied along with feasibility. A further stability requirement is imposed, that the equilibrium be immune to small locational deviations of consumers. We have functional forms and some relatively mild restrictions on parameters such that the equilibrium separates types by location. Thus, high and low skilled workers agglomerate separately. This can be induced as a comparative static change from a symmetric equilibrium to an asymmetric one by varying some of the exogenous parameters.
2006-10-31
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1278/1/MPRA_paper_1278.pdf
Berliant, Marcus and Kung, Fan-chin (2006): Can Information Asymmetry Cause Agglomeration?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1280
2019-09-27T15:25:47Z
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Lost, Dysfunctional or Evolving? A View of Business Schools from Silicon Valley
Eischen, Kyle
Singh, Nirvikar
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
I23 - Higher Education ; Research Institutions
L80 - General
M00 - General
Recent articles have rekindled discussions around the direction and relevance of US business schools. The two main viewpoints are distinct but equally critical. On one hand, business schools are considered overly focused on “scientific research” and having lost their connection to “real world” and management issues. On the other hand, schools are considered “dysfunctionally” focused on media rankings and short-term superficial marketing fixes. Our study of educational opportunities and workforce development in Silicon Valley suggests a different viewpoint. We agree that both approaches correctly identify the challenge of preparing managers in globalized world. However, we believe they misdiagnose the cause of the failure. Rather than being lost or dysfunctional, we believe business programs — like the firms and students they serve — are in the process of evolving to meet a shifting global and local environment. Our findings indicate that business schools face structural, content, and program shifts. Educationally, business programs continue to be seen as doing a good job of educating their students in core functional areas and processes. However, they do less well in teaching their graduates interpersonal skills, real-time decision-making, recognition of contexts, and integration across functional areas. These are increasingly the skills demanded by the global business environment. Even more challenging is meeting the demand for both sets of skills within very specialized fields like technology management. Structurally, new types of students and learning demands are placing stresses on traditional full-time two-year programs and their business models. Women and minority groups increasingly form the majority of the future student population, with distinct needs and demands for part-time and executive education. This shift is also evident in demands for life-long learning and engagement as opposed to a fixed, one-shot program experiences. These challenges require business schools to build upon what they do well, while innovating to serve new business and student needs.
2005-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1280/1/MPRA_paper_1280.pdf
Eischen, Kyle and Singh, Nirvikar (2005): Lost, Dysfunctional or Evolving? A View of Business Schools from Silicon Valley.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1490
2019-10-13T05:09:16Z
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System-wide Impacts of Agricultural Export Taxes: A Simulation Experiment with Ethiopian Data
Gelan, Ayele
R00 - General
H20 - General
F10 - General
R15 - Econometric and Input-Output Models ; Other Models
This paper examines rural-urban spillover effects of agricultural price policy in a developing economy. It employs a computable general equilibrium methodology based on a bi-regional social accounting matrix for Ethiopia. The simulation experiment quantifies system-wide impacts of exports tax on agricultural products. Protecting consumers (particularly urban households), transferring income from producers to consumers, and shifting resources from the agriculture to industry are among the most important motivations cited in the literature for exports tax on agricultural products in developing economies. However, taking inter-regional spill-over effects into account, this study shows that the removal of agricultural export tax does actually improve household welfare both in the rural and urban regions. Also, the elimination of export tax enhances structural transformation of the economy.
2004
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1490/1/MPRA_paper_1490.pdf
Gelan, Ayele (2004): System-wide Impacts of Agricultural Export Taxes: A Simulation Experiment with Ethiopian Data. Published in: Aberdeen Discussion Paper Series ISSN 1743-9965 (2004)
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2019-10-01T18:16:47Z
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Il successo del microcredito
Reggiani, Tommaso
O2 - Development Planning and Policy
I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
I38 - Government Policy ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages
Is possible to think the credit access like a human right? Eventually, to practice an approach of this type, is it sostenibile from the entrepreneurial and social point of view? These are the two challenges that the microcredit is defying.
2005-07-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1522/1/MPRA_paper_1522.pdf
Reggiani, Tommaso (2005): Il successo del microcredito. Published in: Appunti di cultura e politica , Vol. Vol. 4, (1 July 2005): pp. 33-37.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1526
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Grameen Bank II: una Possibile analisi in prospettiva relazionale
Reggiani, Tommaso
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors ; Shadow Economy ; Institutional Arrangements
G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages
After 25 years of effective work against the poverty, "the bank of poors", founded by Muhammd Yunus, has undertaken a new action to the innovation of the practical of microcredit, therefore to render it relationally still fecund and - I think - valuing. In this written, we will pass in review the main innovations - regarding the Grameen Classic System (GCS the original and traditional system of microcredit proposed) - concerning the products and the operating organization, in order to pass to an accurate examination of the implications that this evolution involves to an exquisitely relational level between the agents been involved, developing dynamics and nexuses that emerges inside of the relationship between the single person and the group and viceversa
2005-10-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1526/1/MPRA_paper_1526.pdf
Reggiani, Tommaso (2005): Grameen Bank II: una Possibile analisi in prospettiva relazionale.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1646
2019-09-26T19:53:43Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1646/
Black Populations and Economic Growth: An Extreme Bounds Analysis of Mississippi County-Level Data
Young, Andrew
Higgins, Matthew
Levy, Daniel
O40 - General
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
We use Mississippi county-level data on (per capita) income and the percentages of populations that are Black (henceforth "Black") to examine the relationship between race and economic growth. The analysis is also conditioned on 40 other economic and socio-demographic variables. Given a negative and statistically significant partial correlation between income growth and Black, we ask if it is robust to exhaustive combinations of other conditioning variables (taken 3 at a time). The evidence suggests yes. Since even robust correlation does not imply causation, we then ask if other robust correlates with income growth play a roll in accounting for Black in the data. The answer “yes” is obtained for only one other robust correlate of the "right" sign: the percentage of a population that is below the poverty level.
2007-01-29
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1646/1/MPRA_paper_1646.pdf
Young, Andrew and Higgins, Matthew and Levy, Daniel (2007): Black Populations and Economic Growth: An Extreme Bounds Analysis of Mississippi County-Level Data.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1682
2019-09-26T08:43:12Z
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Modeling spatial variations in household disposable income with Geographically Weighted Regression
Chasco, Coro
García, Isabel
Vicéns, José
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
C21 - Cross-Sectional Models ; Spatial Models ; Treatment Effect Models ; Quantile Regressions
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the spatially varying impacts of some classical regressors on per capita household income in Spanish provinces. The authors model this distribution following both a traditional global regression and a local analysis with Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). Several specifications are compared, being the adaptive bisquare weighting function the more efficient in terms of goodness-of-fit. We test for global and local spatial instability using some F-tests and other statistical measures. We find some evidence of spatial instability in the distribution of this variable in relation to some explanatory variables, which cannot be totally solved by spatial dependence specifications. GWR has revealed as a better specification to model per capita household income. It highlights some facets of the relationship completely hidden in the global results and forces us to ask about questions we would otherwise not have asked. Moreover, the application of GWR can also be of help to further exercises of micro-data spatial prediction.
2007-01-24
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1682/1/MPRA_paper_1682.pdf
Chasco, Coro and García, Isabel and Vicéns, José (2007): Modeling spatial variations in household disposable income with Geographically Weighted Regression.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1690
2019-09-28T04:36:32Z
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Employment protection and regional worker flows in Italy
Naticchioni, Paolo
Rustichelli, Emiliano
Scialà, Antonio
J65 - Unemployment Insurance ; Severance Pay ; Plant Closings
J68 - Public Policy
R1 - General Regional Economics
J63 - Turnover ; Vacancies ; Layoffs
In this paper we point out that the theoretical predictions concern-ing Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) are not fully confirmed by empirical evidence in Italy, a strict EPL country in the nine-ties, according to OECD indexes. In particular, worker and job flow rates are remarkably high, also in comparison with the other Euro-pean countries. Furthermore, the differences in regional worker flow rates -computed on both the social security database and the LFS- are relevant, no matter which measure of worker flows is considered. While EPL is the same across regions, the highest worker flow rates are observed in the South, an area generally recognised as the least dynamic of the country, followed by the Northeast, the Centre and the Northwest. For possible alternative explanations of regional differences investigation focuses on economic structural composi-tion, the black labour market, non-standard contracts, the public sector and self-employment incidence, labour productivity and firm seniority. Using Logit estimates we find that none of these factors can fully explain these differences. Moreover, the predicted nega-tive relation between worker flows and unemployment duration does not seem to hold in the case of Italy.
2006-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1690/1/MPRA_paper_1690.pdf
Naticchioni, Paolo and Rustichelli, Emiliano and Scialà, Antonio (2006): Employment protection and regional worker flows in Italy. Forthcoming in: Economia Politica , Vol. 13, No. 3 (November 2006)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1772
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El rompecabezas de la investigación económica en el Caribe colombiano 1996-2005 (in Spanish)
Toro González, Daniel
Espinosa Espinosa, Aarón
Quintero Otero, Jorge
B00 - General
A10 - General
R10 - General
In this article it is realized an inventory of the production of academic and scientific articles about economics in Colombian Caribbean Coast in the last 10 years. The document analyses the scientific production in economics realized in the Caribbean Coast and about the Caribbean Coast, in order to establish a map of the regional economic research and realize an approximation to the accumulated production and the general tendencies of the publications. To accomplish this goal, it was used the JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) Classification System as a platform for completing the puzzle by topics. Among other aspects, the study shows that three non-university institutions are responsible for the 67% of the regional academic production about economics. 40% of total considered production was realized by the 10% of the Caribbean Coast researches. 51% of the JEL Classifications have not being approached by region researches. Finally, there are few institutions with a systemic and deep job in a specific topic, which is why there are many possibilities of specialization for institution that have not defined its research lines and want to be pioneers in some economic analysis topic.
2005-12
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1772/1/MPRA_paper_1772.pdf
Toro González, Daniel and Espinosa Espinosa, Aarón and Quintero Otero, Jorge (2005): El rompecabezas de la investigación económica en el Caribe colombiano 1996-2005 (in Spanish). Published in: Economía & Región , Vol. Vol.2, No. No.4 (December 2006): pp. 9-44.
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Real Wages of Casual Labourers in Shillong (India)
Mishra, SK
Lyngskor, JW
J31 - Wage Level and Structure ; Wage Differentials
R10 - General
This study is an investigation into the real wage rates of casual labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya. First, trends in nominal wages during 1997-2000 have been studied. Then the consumption expenditure of casual labourers on wage goods is analysed and finally, changes in prices of wage goods and the cost of living have been investigated during the same period. Sources of data are the primary surveys conducted by the authors.
We have found that wage rate (of a general casual laborer) is about Rs. 60 per day, which in case of an unskilled laborer is about Rs. 47 only. With each of the two working members getting some job for 22.5 days in a month, an average casual labourer household earns Rs 2565 (Rs. 475 per capita per month). For an average unskilled casual laborer household these figures are Rs. 2000 and Rs. 372 (per capita). ILO (1996) defines subsistence wage as the hourly wage sufficient to buy one kilogram of the lowest-priced staple cereal. The price of 1kilogram of rice (the staple cereal in the study area) varied between Rs. 8.5 to Rs. 10.0 during 1996-1998. The range was Rs. 10 to 11.5 in 1998-2000. The upper limit of daily wage rates of unskilled casual workers was Rs. 50. Work hours (per day) were 7 to 8 hours. From these figures, the hourly wage rate works out to be Rs. 7.0 or less, which cannot buy 1 kilogram of rice. Thus, casual laborers in Shillong earn only a subsistence wage.
Rice and house rent are the first two major claimants, accounting for some 40 percent of the total expenditure on wage goods. Beef, fuel and pan (+betel nuts) are the next significant claimants accounting for an additional 24 percent of the total expenditure. Potatoes, onions and vegetables together claim for some 9 percent and sugar, tea and milk together account for about 7 percent of the total expenditure. Fish, beef, meat (includes pork and mutton), potatoes, onions, vegetables and mustard oil together claim for a little over 30 percent of the total expenditure.
In the later half of our study period, wages of unskilled labourers have systematically lagged behind the increase in the cost of living index. Wage rates of unskilled labourers have increased by 11 to 12 percent while the cost of living has increased by 20 percent during the study period. Wage rates of skilled labourers, which increases by (about) 80 percent or so, succeeded at overpowering the increase in the cost of living. The unlimited supply of unskilled casual labourers from the rural Meghalaya, Nepal, Bihar, Bengal, Bangla Desh, Assam, etc to Shillong has kept up an excess supply of unskilled casual labourers. However, that is not the case with the skilled casual labourers. Additionally, urbanization, development and rise in secondary and tertiary sector activities in Shillong has created jobs for skilled casual labourers more in proportion than that for the unskilled casual labourers.
2003-12-20
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1810/1/MPRA_paper_1810.pdf
Mishra, SK and Lyngskor, JW (2003): Real Wages of Casual Labourers in Shillong (India).
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:1902
2019-09-29T17:58:35Z
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Trade Policy and Mega-Cities in LDCs: A General Equilibrium Model with Numerical Simulations
Gelan, Ayele
R30 - General
R10 - General
This paper follows the new economic geography approach to model the relationships between
trade policy and spatial agglomeration of production in the context of a small open developing economy. We
construct a general equilibrium model with interactions between centripetal forces and centrifugal forces that
determine linkages between urban and rural regions. Centripetal forces such as labor migration, increasing
returns, and transport costs tend to concentrate economic activities and population in the urban region. This
causes the inequality between urban and rural areas to increase. On the other hand, centrifugal forces such as
congestion and urban land rents favor dispersion of firms and workers. This favors a balanced urban system
that is conducive for rural development. We concentrate on explaining how trade policy affects the
interactions between these forces by implementing the theoretical model through numerical simulations. The
results suggest that trade liberalization can improve urban-rural inequalities as long as the country that
implements trade policy reform does not face any trade restrictions in the external market.
2003-07
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1902/1/MPRA_paper_1902.pdf
Gelan, Ayele (2003): Trade Policy and Mega-Cities in LDCs: A General Equilibrium Model with Numerical Simulations. Published in: Integrative Modelling of Biophysical, Social, and Economic Systems for Resource Management Solutions – Proceeding of MODSIM 2003 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Post, David (ed) , Vol. 4, (2003): pp. 1938-1943.
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Locational Drivers of FDI in MENA Countries: A Spatial Attempt
Hisarciklilar, Mehtap
Kayam, Saime Suna
Kayalica, Ozgur
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business
F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements
C23 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models
This study aims to analyze the locational drivers of FDI, with an emphasis on the role of market potential in MENA countries. Considering that the market does not necessarily comprise of the host economy but also trade opportunities in the region and in the rest of the world, this study distinguishes the country-specific, regional and trade-related market potential of the host MENA country in attracting FDI. It also examines the neighboring effects in locational choice. Using a panel of 18 countries covering the 1980-2001 time period, the model is estimated by Maximum Likelihood estimation method incorporating the possible spatial autocorrelation in the disturbances. The results imply that FDI in the MENA region is market oriented; as well as aiming at the domesic market in the host economy, it also utilises trade opportunities within the region.
2006-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2085/1/MPRA_paper_2085.pdf
Hisarciklilar, Mehtap and Kayam, Saime Suna and Kayalica, Ozgur (2006): Locational Drivers of FDI in MENA Countries: A Spatial Attempt.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2143
2019-10-10T12:47:43Z
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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants
Hasan, Lubna Hasan
O10 - General
R10 - General
P51 - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
N00 - General
It has long been realised that factor accumulation and technological
development are only proximate causes of economic development, and focus
has now shifted to investigating the ‘deeper determinants’ of economic growth.
Two such forces are highlighted in literature: institutions and geography.
However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more
important. The “Institutions school” assigns primal importance to institutions,
whereas the “Geography school” considers geographical factors as the primary
determinant of economic performance of countries. This paper reviews the
debate surrounding these “deeper determinants” of economic performance. It
reviews the work of these two schools of thought and their interpretation of the
long-run development. The paper then examines the evidence provided by the
respective schools in favour of their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the
Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a consistent
story of long-run development.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2143/1/MPRA_paper_2143.pdf
Hasan, Lubna Hasan (2006): Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2172
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A Model of Sequential City Growth
Cuberes, David
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
There is strong evidence showing that in most countries cities develop
sequentially, with the initially largest city being the first to grow. This
paper presents a growth model of optimal city size that rationalizes this
particular growth pattern. Increasing returns to scale is the force that
favors agglomeration of resources in a city, and convex costs associated
with the stock of installed capital represent the congestion force that limits
city size. The key to generate sequential growth is the assumption of
irreversible investment in physical capital. The presence of a positive
external effect of aggregate city capital on individual firms makes the
competitive equilibrium inefficient.
2007-02-16
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2172/1/MPRA_paper_2172.pdf
Cuberes, David (2007): A Model of Sequential City Growth.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2206
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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants
Hasan, Lubna Hasan
O10 - General
R10 - General
P51 - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
N00 - General
It has long been realised that factor accumulation and technological
development are only proximate causes of economic development, and focus
has now shifted to investigating the ‘deeper determinants’ of economic growth.
Two such forces are highlighted in literature: institutions and geography.
However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more
important. The “Institutions school” assigns primal importance to institutions,
whereas the “Geography school” considers geographical factors as the primary
determinant of economic performance of countries. This paper reviews the
debate surrounding these “deeper determinants” of economic performance. It
reviews the work of these two schools of thought and their interpretation of the
long-run development. The paper then examines the evidence provided by the
respective schools in favour of their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the
Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a consistent
story of long-run development.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2206/1/MPRA_paper_2206.pdf
Hasan, Lubna Hasan (2006): Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2231
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Interdependence of Income between China and ASEAN-5 Countries
Lau, Evan
Lee, Koon Po
R1 - General Regional Economics
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
This paper examines the interdependence of income between China and ASEAN-5 countries by resorting to the time series econometrics analysis from 1960 to 2000 of the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Empirical results are found to support the strong interdependence of income between China and ASEAN-5 countries. With the increasing interest of economic integration around the globe especially the proposed China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), the interdependence and synchronization movements of income between member countries is an important characteristic for suitability toward the regional common currency goal.
2007-03-12
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2231/1/MPRA_paper_2231.pdf
Lau, Evan and Lee, Koon Po (2007): Interdependence of Income between China and ASEAN-5 Countries.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2353
2019-09-26T12:16:41Z
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Good Governance, Trade and Agglomeration
Candau, Fabien
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
H25 - Business Taxes and Subsidies
We develop a model for developing countries that investigates the factors behind agglomeration of activities in urban giants. Firstly we show that relatively easier market access to external demand provided by the urban giant tends to attract entrepreneurs to this place. Secondly we find that the attractive power of the urban giant can be linked to a lack of democracy. Indeed we demonstrate that democracy acts as a dispersive force in the sense that by reversing the cost of living effect, it allows to reduce the spatial inequality and then the tendency of agglomeration. Lastly we analyse how the funds embezzled by a bad government vary according to internal and external trade liberalisation. We show that a decrease in the disadvantage of the periphery to trade with the external market can limit the funds embezzled by a Leviathan.
2006-05-31
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2353/1/MPRA_paper_2353.pdf
Candau, Fabien (2006): Good Governance, Trade and Agglomeration.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2553
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Can Information Asymmetry Cause Agglomeration?
Berliant, Marcus
Kung, Fan-chin
D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; Mechanism Design
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
The modern literature on city formation and development, for example the New Economic Geography literature, has studied the agglomeration of agents in size or mass. We investigate agglomeration in sorting or by type of worker, that implies agglomeration in size when worker populations differ by type. This kind of agglomeration can be driven by asymmetric information in the labor market, specifically when firms do not know if a particular worker is of high or low skill. In a model with two types and two regions, workers of different skill levels are offered separating contracts in equilibrium. When mobile low skill worker population rises or there is technological change that favors high skilled workers, integration of both types of workers in the same region at equilibrium becomes unstable, whereas sorting of worker types into different regions in equilibrium remains stable. The instability of integrated equilibria results from firms, in the region to which workers are perturbed, offering attractive contracts to low skill workers when there is a mixture of workers in the region of origin.
2006-10-31
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2553/1/MPRA_paper_2553.pdf
Berliant, Marcus and Kung, Fan-chin (2006): Can Information Asymmetry Cause Agglomeration?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2708
2019-09-27T02:41:18Z
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Does monetary policy have differential state-level effects? an empirical evaluation
Nachane, D M
Ray, P
Ghosh, S
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
E52 - Monetary Policy
The paper examines whether monetary policy has similar effects across major states in the Indian polity. Impulse response functions from an estimated Structural Vector Auto Regression (SVAR) reveal two sets of states: a core of states that respond to monetary policy in a significant fashion vis-à-vis others whose response is less significant. The paper attempts to trace the reasons for the differential response of these two sets of states in terms of financial deepening and differential industry mix.
2001-11-23
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2708/1/MPRA_paper_2708.pdf
Nachane, D M and Ray, P and Ghosh, S (2001): Does monetary policy have differential state-level effects? an empirical evaluation. Published in: Economic and Political Weekly , Vol. 36, (23 November 2001)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2714
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Sigma Convergence versus Beta Convergence: Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data
Young, Andrew
Higgins, Matthew
Levy, Daniel
O40 - General
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
H70 - General
In this paper we outline (i) why sigma-convergence may not accompany beta-convergence, (ii) discuss evidence of beta-convergence in the U.S., and (iii) use U.S. county-level data containing over 3,000 cross-sectional observations to demonstrate that sigma-convergence cannot be detected at the county-level across the U.S., or within the large majority of the individual U.S. states considered separately. Indeed, in many cases statistically significant sigma-divergence is found.
2007-04-12
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2714/1/MPRA_paper_2714.pdf
Young, Andrew and Higgins, Matthew and Levy, Daniel (2007): Sigma Convergence versus Beta Convergence: Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2770
2019-09-27T07:27:11Z
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Urban growth and subcenter formation: A trolley ride from the Staples Center to Disneyland and the Rose Bowl
Berliant, Marcus
Wang, Ping
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
D51 - Exchange and Production Economies
C78 - Bargaining Theory ; Matching Theory
The long-term trends of urbanization suggest: not only have more cities formed, but the leading metropolises have grown larger, with a number of peripheral subcenters developing over time. Conventional models of urban growth are limited, in that commuting cost and congestion eventually result in decreasing returns in a monocentric city as population becomes very large. We construct a general-equilibrium model with dynamic interactions between spatial agglomeration and urban development, driven by location-dependent knowledge spillovers. Our contribution allows endogenous development of subcenters to capture benefits from knowledge spillovers and offset diminishing returns from urban congestion, thus permitting more sustained city growth.
2007-04-17
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2770/1/MPRA_paper_2770.pdf
Berliant, Marcus and Wang, Ping (2007): Urban growth and subcenter formation: A trolley ride from the Staples Center to Disneyland and the Rose Bowl.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2816
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:2846
2019-10-10T11:43:33Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2846/
Space, growth and technology: an integrated dynamic approach
Gomes, Orlando
O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Economic phenomena are interrelated. From a growth perspective, time analysis concerning the choices of present and future consumption and the choices between the allocation of scientific resources should be combined with a space analysis regarding the dissemination of economic activity through geographical locations. This paper intends to present such an integrated approach under a simple endogenous growth model. The determinants of growth are, on one hand, the decisions about how to allocate technological resources and, on the other hand, the strength with which productive activities can agglomerate in order to generate increasing returns to scale. We find that the long run steady state does not have to be a state of unchangeable geography – consumption and production conditions and technological progress not only determine long term growth but also the long term tendency for the economy to geographically concentrate or disperse.
2006-03
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2846/1/MPRA_paper_2846.pdf
Gomes, Orlando (2006): Space, growth and technology: an integrated dynamic approach.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3061
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Asas para Voar - Estudo sobre o Crescimento e Crise de uma Região Europeia
Mourao, Paulo
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O presente trabalho (Asas para voar – Estudo sobre o Crescimento e a Crise
de uma Região Europeia) oferece-se como um importante manual de
Economia Regional, observando, a partir de um caso prático, a aplicação
correcta de diversos instrumentos de apoio à Economia. A partir deste estudo,
decisores públicos e privados, alunos e colegas encontrarão uma oportunidade
de reflexão e de posterior discussão da importância da Economia para uma
melhor percepção dos espaços onde vivemos.
2005-07
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3061/1/MPRA_paper_3061.pdf
Mourao, Paulo (2005): Asas para Voar - Estudo sobre o Crescimento e Crise de uma Região Europeia. Published in: Libros Gratis EuMed (2005)
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Contributo para o estudo económico dos indicadores regionais
Mourao, Paulo
H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
R15 - Econometric and Input-Output Models ; Other Models
What is an indicator? Seemingly, the solution is so
clear that it can deceive us, economists and other
social scientists. This work aims at enlightening the
answer to the suggested question, discussing the
methodological dimensions of the economic indicators
– since the phase of production until the phase of
readings, highlighting the context of the regional
economic indicators.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3064/1/MPRA_paper_3064.pdf
Mourao, Paulo (2006): Contributo para o estudo económico dos indicadores regionais. Published in: Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais No. 12 (2006): pp. 77-92.
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Robust Correlates of County-Level Growth in the U.S.
Higgins, Matthew
Young, Andrew
Levy, Daniel
O40 - General
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O51 - U.S. ; Canada
H50 - General
O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
H70 - General
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Higgins et al. (2006) report several statistically significant partial correlates with U.S. per capita income growth. However, Levine and Renelt (1992) demonstrate that such correlations are hardly ever robust to changing the combination of conditioning variables included. We ask whether the same is true for the variables identified as important by Higgins et al. Using the extreme bounds analysis of Levine and Renelt, we find that the majority of the partial correlations can be accepted as robust. The variables associated with those partial correlations stand solidly as variables of interest for future studies of U.S. growth.
2007-05-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3088/1/MPRA_paper_3088.pdf
Higgins, Matthew and Young, Andrew and Levy, Daniel (2007): Robust Correlates of County-Level Growth in the U.S.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3352
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State export data: origin of movement vs. origin of production
Cassey, Andrew
R14 - Land Use Patterns
F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
The Origin of Movement (OM) series is unique data documenting the destination of state ex-
ports. This data indicates the state an export begins its journey, not the production location
(OP). Recent OM data has not been examined to determine if it represents OP. Here the
collection, dissemination, and limitations of the OM data are described. Diagnostic tests asses
how eectively the OM data represents OP. Results indicate the OM data are usable for OP,
though there are idiosyncratic subsectors and states, and systematic dierences distinguishing
the OM from OP.
2006-10-15
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3352/1/MPRA_paper_3352.pdf
Cassey, Andrew (2006): State export data: origin of movement vs. origin of production.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3362
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Agglomeration and Co-Agglomeration of Services Industries
Kolko, Jed
R30 - General
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
L80 - General
Economic research on industry location and agglomeration has focused nearly exclusively on manufacturing. This paper shows that services are prominent among the most agglomerated industries, especially at the county level. Because traditional measures of knowledge spillovers, natural resource inputs, and labor pooling explain little of agglomeration in services industries, this paper takes an alternative approach and looks at co-agglomeration to assess why industries cluster together. By considering the location patterns of pairs of industries instead of individual industries, the traditional agglomeration explanations can be measured more richly, and additional measures – like the need to locate near suppliers or customers – can be incorporated.
The results show that co-agglomeration between pairs of services industries is driven by knowledge spillovers and the direct trading relationship between the industries, especially at the zip code level. Information technology weakens the need for services industries to co-agglomerate at the state level, perhaps because electronic transport of services outputs lowers the value of longer-distance proximity. These results are in sharp contrast to results for manufacturing, for which labor pooling contributes most to co-agglomeration, and the direct-trading relationship contributes more to state-level co-agglomeration. These differences between services and manufacturing are consistent with simple models of transport costs.
2007-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3362/1/MPRA_paper_3362.pdf
Kolko, Jed (2007): Agglomeration and Co-Agglomeration of Services Industries.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3393
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When worlds collide: Different comparative static predictions of continuous and discrete agent models with land
Berliant, Marcus
Sabarwal, Tarun
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
R14 - Land Use Patterns
D51 - Exchange and Production Economies
This paper presents a difference in the comparative statics of general equilibrium models with land when there are finitely many agents, and when there is a continuum of agents. Restricting attention to quasi-linear and Cobb-Douglas utility, it is shown that with finitely many agents, an increase in the (marginal) commuting cost increases land rent per unit (that is, land rent averaged over the consumer's equilibrium parcel) paid by each consumer. In contrast, with a continuum of agents, average land rent goes up close to the central business district, is constant at some intermediate distance, and decreases for consumers farther away. Therefore, there is a qualitative difference between the two types of models, and this difference is potentially testable.
2007-06-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3393/1/MPRA_paper_3393.pdf
Berliant, Marcus and Sabarwal, Tarun (2007): When worlds collide: Different comparative static predictions of continuous and discrete agent models with land.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3441
2019-10-09T17:02:40Z
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Socio-economic Exclusion of Different Religious Communities in Meghalaya
Mishra, SK
C61 - Optimization Techniques ; Programming Models ; Dynamic Analysis
C43 - Index Numbers and Aggregation
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Meghalaya, a state in the North Eastern India, is inhabited by over 2.3 million of population of which 70 percent are Christian, 13 percent are Hindus and a little over 4 percent are Muslims as obtained in the Census 2001. In this study we investigate if numerical dominance of a community leads to socio-economic dominance. We have constructed two composite indices of exclusion by weighted aggregation of 13 socio-economic indicators. The first composite index (I1) is obtained by maximization of the sum of absolute coefficients of correlation of the index with the indicator variables, while the second index (I2) is constructed by the principal components analysis that maximizes the sum of squared coefficients of correlation of the index with the indicator variables. In our judgment, the first index presents the reality more correctly, as a number of indicators undermined by I2 are given their due representation in I1. A perusal of the index (I1) reveals that while the Christian segment of population in the rural areas of Meghalaya is certainly better off than their Hindu or Muslim counterparts, they score comparatively poorly in the urban areas of Meghalaya. In the urban areas, the Muslim segment of the population is in the most advantageous position, followed by the Hindus. The Christians segment of population is more intensively excluded from the benefits of development. Thus, numerical dominance of a particular religious community does not entail socio-economic advantages. The advantages of numerical dominance may well be absorbed by the intra-community inequalities in the command over resources and opportunities.
2007-06-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3441/1/MPRA_paper_3441.pdf
Mishra, SK (2007): Socio-economic Exclusion of Different Religious Communities in Meghalaya.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3467
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3467/
Socio-economic Exclusion of Different Religious Communities in Meghalaya
Mishra, SK
C61 - Optimization Techniques ; Programming Models ; Dynamic Analysis
C43 - Index Numbers and Aggregation
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Meghalaya, a state in the North Eastern India, is inhabited by over 2.3 million of population of which 70 percent are Christian, 13 percent are Hindus and a little over 4 percent are Muslims as obtained in the Census 2001. In this study we investigate if numerical dominance of a community leads to socio-economic dominance. We have constructed two composite indices of exclusion by weighted aggregation of 13 socio-economic indicators. The first composite index (I1) is obtained by maximization of the sum of absolute coefficients of correlation of the index with the indicator variables, while the second index (I2) is constructed by the principal components analysis that maximizes the sum of squared coefficients of correlation of the index with the indicator variables. In our judgment, the first index presents the reality more correctly, as a number of indicators undermined by I2 are given their due representation in I1. A perusal of the index (I1) reveals that while the Christian segment of population in the rural areas of Meghalaya is certainly better off than its Hindu or Muslim counterparts, it scores comparatively poorly in the urban areas of Meghalaya. In the urban areas, the Muslim segment of the population is in the most advantageous position, followed by the Hindus. The Christians segment of population is more intensively excluded from the benefits of development. Thus, numerical dominance of a particular religious community does not entail socio-economic advantages. The advantages of numerical dominance may well be absorbed by the intra-community inequalities in the command over resources and opportunities.
2007-06-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3467/1/MPRA_paper_3467.pdf
Mishra, SK (2007): Socio-economic Exclusion of Different Religious Communities in Meghalaya.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3853
2019-10-01T05:07:18Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3853/
Rural Cooperative Marketing Management Efficiency in the Era of Globalization: A Synthesis of Case Studies of F&V Marketing
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
P13 - Cooperative Enterprises
The present study, carried out in the state of Maharashtra during 2003-04, has its foci on the cooperative leadership and characteristics in cooperative success and failure, especially with respect to fruit marketing societies operating in Maharashtra. The study concentrates on two societies dealing with the marketing of banana in the state of Maharashtra – one showing success (NCFSS) and the other failure (KGFSS) due to positive and negative leadership qualities and characteristics associated with societies. Due to strong financial position, the NCFSS showed autonomy/independence in its functioning. This society had shown perfect knowledge about the market forces and its business activities in accordance to the new domestic as well as global market environment. The KGFSS showed poor grasp either in terms of studying the market forces or shown inefficiency because of its own internal drawbacks in terms of managing the society or its own personal interests involved in the functioning of the society. The KGFSS is unable to generate allies for lobbing to safeguard as well as promoting its own interests and the interests of its members, whereas NCFSS is quite successful in such lobbing and promotional interest related activities. Since a significant number of fruit marketing societies operating in Maharashtra have shown a falling trend in their amount of extension of loan and its recovery, and also in respect of higher amount of losses in proportion to profit, efforts should be made to rectify these deficiencies in the functioning of these societies dealing with the marketing of high value crops. Some remedial measures and strategies framed or initiated by these marketing societies, particularly in respect of recovery of their loan advances, will certainly improve the efficiency and functioning of these societies in the future. Government support in this respect will have a catalytic effect in improving the overall efficacy and efficiency, as well as functioning
2006-12-10
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3853/1/MPRA_paper_3853.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2006): Rural Cooperative Marketing Management Efficiency in the Era of Globalization: A Synthesis of Case Studies of F&V Marketing. Published in: Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing , Vol. Volume, No. September-December Issue, No. 3 (10 December 2006)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3855
2019-09-27T14:01:57Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3855/
IMPACT OF MILK COOPERATIVES ON MARKETED SURPLUS OF MILK
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
The study conducted during 1994-95 in Jalgaon and Kolhapur districts of Maharashtra showed two differing scenarios insofar as the impact of milk cooperatives on production and marketed surplus is concerned. While milk cooperatives had positive and significant impact on both production and marketed surplus of milk in Kolhapur district, such impact could not be ascertained in Jalgaon district. The study also showed lower production and marketed surplus during summer season followed by rainy and winter seasons. However, the percentage marketed surplus was the highest in summer season followed by winter and rainy seasons. The higher percentage of marketed surplus in summer season was due to lower milk production, higher demand and higher prices offered by various agencies compared to other seasons. On an average, nearly three-fourths of milk produced was sold in extension and two-thirds in control area of both the selected districts. However, this proportion differed in different seasons and herd size categories. An analysis drawn from Marketed Surplus Function (MSF) also showed that total milk production in the household was the single most significant factor contributing to marketed surplus of milk. The next important variable positively affecting the marketed surplus of milk was the education level of the head of the household, particularly in control area of both the districts. Further, the negative impact of family size on the marketed surplus of milk could be ascertained only in Kolhapur district. In general, price of milk had very little influence on the marketed surplus of milk. Relatively small variation in price of milk within a season could be one of the reasons for lack of impact of price on marketed surplus of milk. Since in the short run there was no possibility of increasing milk production despite variation in prices, the MSF did not show significant influence of prices on marketed surplus of milk.
2007-07-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3855/1/MPRA_paper_3855.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): IMPACT OF MILK COOPERATIVES ON MARKETED SURPLUS OF MILK. Published in: Journal of Rural Development , Vol. Volume, No. January - March, No. 1 (10 March 2005): pp. 1-21.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3856
2019-09-28T17:34:03Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3856/
Measuring viability of pacs during reform period in Maharashtra: A case study
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
R1 - General Regional Economics
The study showed a reduction in the operational efficiency of the selected PACS during the post-economic reform period as against the pre-economic reform period. The operational efficiency was measured in respect of various liquidity ratio, profitability ratios and financial leverage ratios. Not only the selected societies showed a decline in their current ratio, rate of return on assets, return on owner’s equity and Marginal Efficiency of Capital (MEC) but also showed higher dependency on lender’s capital for their finances. This dependency was seen to be higher in the case of ‘A’ graded society. Nonetheless, ‘A’ graded society showed an improvement in its permanent capital. Further, as for ‘A’ graded society, there was not much improvement in the net worth, and in fact the share of net worth in its total liability had declined in the post-economic reform period. The declining share of net worth had caused an increase in debt-asset ratio of this society during the latter period. The return on owner’s equity of the selected societies were seen to fall sharply during the post-economic reform period. Since the return on owner’s equity is a function of as to how efficiently a firm manages its assets, the net profit margin on sales and the degree of financial leverage, a reduction in this equity could, therefore, be considered as a sign of reduction in the efficiency of the societies in managing their assets and liabilities, and also income and expenditure pattern during the latter period as against the former period. The reform initiatives could be held responsible for this moribund state of cooperative credit sector. Due to unfavourable policy framework, much of the rural finances extended through cooperatives are now going into investment rather then extending loans to farming sector. The need of the hour is not to rely on the financial sector reforms but tackling issues such as sustainability of and viability of these credit cooperatives.
2007-07-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3856/1/MPRA_paper_3856.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Measuring viability of pacs during reform period in Maharashtra: A case study. Published in: Journal of Rural Development , Vol. Volume, No. October - December, No. 4 (10 December 2004): pp. 435-450.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3857
2019-10-08T16:41:56Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3857/
Evaluation of Adequacy of Incentives under NHB Soft Loan Scheme for PHI Facilities In Maharashtra
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
In order to curb post-harvest losses of horticultural produce and attract private investment in the horticulture industry, the National Horticulture Board (NHB) had initiated soft loan schemes (SLSs) in 1993-94. Under these schemes, soft loan assistance with a maximum limit of Rs. 1.00 crore is provided at the rate of 4 per cent service charges per annum with one year moratorium period to set up projects related to marketing, processing and also export oriented units and purchase of plants and machinery for the same. The state of Maharashtra received the maximum assistance under the scheme. The present investigation is an attempt to evaluate the NHB soft loan schemes for the state of Maharashtra, specially with respect to the post-harvest infrastructure (PHI) facilities created and adequacy of incentives under the scheme. This study has made some interesting observations. The focus of this study is specifically on two grape growers’ societies. The study showed a positive impact of soft loan scheme towards development of PHI facilities in the area. However, in order to improve the efficiency of the soft loan schemes, the study also suggested various measures which mainly revolved around simplification of loan procedure adopted by the NHB, timely disbursement of the loan, financing of the entire comprehensive project rather than for certain specific components, subsidization of electricity tariffs for the processing units, subsidization of sea freight, provision of funds for setting up of Research and Development (R&D) unit for the marketing of produce, provision of foreign market intelligence for the exports of horticultural crops, etc. Participation of NCDC in working capital requirement of the grape growers’ societies is another suggestion of this study.
2007-07-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3857/1/MPRA_paper_3857.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Evaluation of Adequacy of Incentives under NHB Soft Loan Scheme for PHI Facilities In Maharashtra. Published in: Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing , Vol. Volume, No. September-December Issue, No. 3 (10 December 2001): pp. 14-25.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3859
2019-09-30T19:08:14Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3859/
Rural Credit Delivery System in Maharashtra: Some Emerging Issues
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
An investigation into rural credit delivery system in Maharashtra shows slower growth in institutional finances through commercial banks, credit cooperatives, RRBs and LDBs, particularly during the decade of 1991-2000, which is mainly due to adverse environment created by the financial sector reforms. Due to unfavourable policy framework, the entire rural credit delivery system is reduced to a moribund state. High transaction costs and poor repayment performance are the twin root causes of the moribund state of rural credit delivery system. With a view to revive the agricultural credit delivery system, there is need to adopt innovative approaches like linking of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) with mainstream financial institutions. The revival of rural credit delivery system of Maharashtra also depends on strategies that are required for tackling issues such as sustainability and viability, operational efficiency, recovery performance, small farmer coverage and balanced sectoral development of the state.
2007-07-05
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3859/1/MPRA_paper_3859.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Rural Credit Delivery System in Maharashtra: Some Emerging Issues. Published in: Artha Vijnana , Vol. Volume, No. March - June, Nos. 1&2 (10 June 2005): pp. 127-148.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3866
2019-10-01T18:52:01Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3866/
Specific resources as bases for the differentiation and innovation of tourist destinations
Vaz, Margarida
L83 - Sports ; Gambling ; Restaurants ; Recreation ; Tourism
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Given that one type of tourist does not exist and different strategies are drawn to reach the wished "extraordinary" by tourists for holidays, there are windows of opportunities to the tourist destinations, as these give them the chance for differentiated offers and for a flexibility that opposes uniformity and gives place to variety and difference. Assuming that the development of the destinations do not obey to just a standard way, and alternatively is embedded in the historical, cultural, institutional and natural matrices of the regions where destinations are anchored, then the specific resources of a place can assume the basic role of inputs for the differentiation of the tourist destination and for the diversification of its tourist offers.
Taking into account the exceptionality of tourist product as an experience, which is associated with an integrated experience offer, one can say that an idiographic perspective of a destination requires that the valuation of its specific resources pass not only for the tourist services providers to assume themselves as agents who facilitate the stay and the mobility of the tourists, but also that they need to become ambassadors of all the kind of services of the destination as well as of the region itself.
Such tourist destination generates change. As it generates differentiated strategies at the regional level and as it is based on co-operation and network, these strategies and related facts make the environment propitious to the dissemination of knowledge and innovation. Innovation, in turn, generates difference, that strengthens the identity of the region, and potentially, of the tourist destination. Such strategies of differentiation, in a sustainable development frame, can be the turning point for a more selective tourist industry, and where all can win: the local communities, the tourists, the tourist agents, and the environment.
2007
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3866/1/MPRA_paper_3866.pdf
Vaz, Margarida (2007): Specific resources as bases for the differentiation and innovation of tourist destinations.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3903
2019-10-02T22:09:25Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3903/
Dwindling Viability of PACS during Period of Institutional Reforms: An Evidence from Maharashtra
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
The present investigation was conducted in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. The study showed a reduction in the operational efficiency of the selected PACS during the post-economic reform period as against the pre-economic reform period. The operational efficiency was measured in respect of various liquidity ratio, profitability ratios and financial leverage ratios. Not only the selected societies showed a decline in their current ratio, rate of return on assets, return on owner’s equity and marginal efficiency of capital (MEC) but also higher dependency on lender’s capital for their finances. This dependency was seen to be higher in the case of ‘A’ graded society. Nonetheless, ‘A’ graded society showed an improvement in its permanent capital during the latter period as against the former period. On the other hand, permanent capital position of ‘B’ graded society had declined during the latter period. Further, in the case of ‘A’ graded society there was not much improvement in the net worth, and in fact the share of net worth in its total liability had declined in the post-economic reform period. The declining share of net worth had caused an increase in debt-asset ratio of this society during the latter period as against the former period.
In fact, among various ratios, the most important ratio estimated in this study was the return on owner’s equity. The estimated return on owner’s equity of the selected societies were seen to fall sharply during the post-economic reform period. Since the return on owner’s equity is a function of as to how efficiently a firm manages its assets, the net profit margin on sales and the degree of financial leverage, a reduction in return on equity of the selected societies could, therefore, be considered as a sign of reduction in the efficiency of the societies in managing their assets and liabilities, and also income and expenditure pattern during the latter period as against the former period.
2007-07-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3903/1/MPRA_paper_3903.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Dwindling Viability of PACS during Period of Institutional Reforms: An Evidence from Maharashtra.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3905
2019-09-26T14:47:26Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3905/
Infrastructure Development for Agro-Processing Cooperatives in Maharashtra: An Ex-Post Evaluation
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Although India is blessed with diverse agro-climatic conditions and so has the ability to produce a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, flowers and a host of other agro-based products, a substantial quantity of horticultural produce of our country is lost due to poor post harvest processing, handling, transportation and storage operations. In order to curb these losses, some of the agencies like National Horticulture Board (NHB) and National Cooperative Development Cooperation (NCDC) are making sincere efforts to create adequate infrastructure facilities for horticultural crops. Among various schemes introduced by NCDC and NHB, the Soft Loan Scheme (SLS) of NHB is noteworthy. Under SLS, an assistance is provided to cooperative societies, public and private limited companies, and farmers association with a maximum limit of Rs.1.00 crore at 4 per cent service charges per annum with one year moratorium period to set up projects related to infrastructure development. Maharashtra is noticed to be the only state which has received about 52 per cent of the total soft loan distributed by NHB to 26 beneficiaries in the country. Majority of the beneficiaries of SLS in Maharashtra are processing cooperatives. The present study attempts to evaluate not only the NHB’s soft loan scheme but also the impact of the scheme on development of post-harvest infrastructure (PHI) for horticulture crops in Maharashtra. The focus of this study is on two processing-cum-export oriented grape growers’ cooperative societies. The study shows a positive impact of SLS towards development PHI facilities since such facilities have not only increased the export trade of the selected societies but they have also helped in increasing the productivity levels of the crops grown in the area, besides helping in reducing the post harvest losses of the produce. Nonetheless, with a view to further improve the efficiency of SLS, the study has made a few major suggestions, which mainly revolve around simplification of loan procedure adopted by the NHB, timely disbursement of the loan, financing of the entire comprehensive project rather than for certain specific components, subsidization of electricity tariffs for the processing units, subsidization of sea freight, provision of funds for setting up of Research and Development unit for the marketing of produce, provision of foreign market intelligence, etc. However, how best these suggestions are taken care of by the NHB and various other organizations will depend on their future strategies and policies relating to financing of PHI related facilities for horticultural crops.
2007-07-08
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3905/1/MPRA_paper_3905.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Infrastructure Development for Agro-Processing Cooperatives in Maharashtra: An Ex-Post Evaluation.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3927
2019-09-27T05:48:00Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3927/
Assessing Economics of Grape Cultivation in India
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
The results obtained in respect of annual maintenance cost and returns for various categories of grape orchardists are in conformity with the financial analysis. The gross returns from grape orchards during various stages of production are noticed to be twice the cost of production for various categories of orchardists. The results of financial analysis also show a B-C ratio in grape cultivation in the range of 1.86 and 2.15 for various categories of orchardists with an average of 2.07. Among various categories, the medium and large categories of orchardists not only show quicker payback period but they also show higher NPV and B-C ratio as compared to marginal and small categories of orchardists. The large and medium categories of orchardists are, therefore, noticed to manage their grape gardens more efficiently as compared to small and marginal categories of orchardists. However, in general, the cultivation of grapes is noticed to be a lucrative proposition for all the categories of orchardists because of substantially high element of profit involved in the cultivation of this high value crop. Due to high element of profit, the onus of technological efforts have been more favourably inclined and concentrated behind the cultivation of grapes in the state of Maharashtra. Another important aspect of this high value crop is its international competitiveness. Among various fruits and vegetables, Indian grapes are highly competitive in the world market. Efforts should, therefore, be made to boost the export trade of this valued crop by enhancing its production volume.
2007-07-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3927/1/MPRA_paper_3927.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Assessing Economics of Grape Cultivation in India.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3949
2019-09-26T18:53:09Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3949/
Evaluating Financial Health of Credit Cooperatives in Maharashtra of India
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
An analysis encompassing two case studies conducted in forward and backward regions of Maharashtra (India) has shown deterioration in the financial health of central level credit cooperatives (Sangli District Central Cooperative Bank (SDCCB)) in forward region and gross inefficiency in their functioning (Buldana District Central Cooperative Bank (BDCCB)) in the backward region of the state, due mainly to their mounting NPAs or overdues’. Because of substantially high NPAs, the fixed expenses of these institutions have been adversely affected, which in turn have grossly affected the break-even levels of loan advances and deposits of these credit institutions, so much so that there has been huge gap between the break-even levels of loan advances and deposits and the actual loan advances and deposits. In the case of BDCCB, the deficit between actual and the break-even levels are so high (about 60 per cent) that it will be well-nigh impossible for it to overcome this situation. High transaction costs, poor repayment performance, and mounting NPAs are the root causes of the moribund state of rural credit delivery through these cooperatives. Further, it is to be noted that the estimated trend over the past two decades in Maharashtra shows a slower growth in institutional finances through credit cooperatives and also in their membership during the decade of economic reforms (1991-2000) as against the decade preceding it (1980-1990). On the other hand, the outstanding loans of these cooperatives have grown at much faster rate as compared to their loan advances during both pre- and post economic reform periods. The slower growth in institutional finance through credit cooperatives during the decade of 1991-2000 is mainly due to adverse environment created by the financial sector reforms. Due to unfavourable policy framework, much of the deposits of the credit cooperatives are going into investments, instead of advancing loans to the farming sector. As a result, the C-D ratios of these credit cooperatives have been adversely affected. With a view to revive agricultural credit delivery through cooperatives, the need of the hour is to adopt innovative approaches like linking of SHGs and NGOs with mainstream financial institutions, including cooperatives. Such linkages are reported to have not only reduced transaction costs but also ensured better repayment performance. In brief, in order to rejuvenate rural credit delivery system through cooperatives, the root problems facing the system, viz., high transaction cost, poor recovery performance, and NPAs, need to be tackled with more fiscal jurisprudence reserving exemplary punishment for willful defaults, especially by large farmers, and the individual cases who have borrowed credit from these institutions. In fact, insofar as rural credit delivery through credit cooperatives is concerned, the focus should be on strategies that are required for tackling issues such as sustainability and viability, operational efficiency, recovery performance, small farmer coverage and balanced sectoral development.
2007-07-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3949/1/MPRA_paper_3949.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Evaluating Financial Health of Credit Cooperatives in Maharashtra of India.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:3951
2019-09-27T05:11:57Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3951/
Rejuvenating Rural Credit Delivery System in Maharashtra of India
Shah, Deepak
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
An investigation into rural credit delivery system in Maharashtra shows slower growth in institutional finances through commercial banks, credit cooperatives, RRBs and LDBs, particularly during the decade of 1991- 2000, which is mainly due to adverse environment created by the financial sector reforms. Due to unfavourable policy framework, the entire rural credit delivery system encompassing rural branches of commercial banks, cooperative credit institutions and RRBs is reduced to a moribund state. High transaction costs and poor repayment performance are the twin root causes of the moribund state of rural credit delivery system. With a view to revive the agricultural credit delivery system, there is need to adopt innovative approaches like linking of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) with mainstream financial institutions. Such linkages are reported to have not only reduced transaction costs but also ensured better repayment performance. One of the recent studies conducted in Maharashtra has shown cent per cent recovery of loans through SHGs despite having excessively high rates of interest (24-36 per cent per annum) on their loan advances. One of the further disquieting features of RFIs in Maharashtra has been the high proportion of NPAs to total assets, particularly of RRBs and SCARDBs, which are estimated to hover around 36-48 per cent during the mid-to late nineties. One of the reasons for such high incidence of NPAs of RFIs has been the familiar practice of debt forgiveness, which eroded repayment and allowed defaulters to scot free with no deterrent reprimand. Political interference in issues of prudent fiscal management has got a lot to do with this unfortunate scenario. In order to rejuvenate rural credit delivery system, the twin problems facing the system, viz., high transaction costs and poor repayment performance, need to be tackled with more fiscal jurisprudence reserving exemplary punishment for willful defaults, especially by large farmers. In fact, insofar as the rural credit delivery system is concerned, the focus should be on strategies that are required for tackling issues such as sustainability and viability, operational efficiency, recovery performance, small farmer coverage and balanced sectoral development.
2007-07-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3951/1/MPRA_paper_3951.pdf
Shah, Deepak (2007): Rejuvenating Rural Credit Delivery System in Maharashtra of India.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4017
2019-09-27T02:57:08Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4017/
Une analyse qualitative de l'offre statistique de l'INSÉÉ : travaux préparatoires pour la construction d'une banque de données d'emploi régional
Buda, Rodolphe
C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology ; Computer Programs
J01 - Labor Economics: General
R1 - General Regional Economics
We often present data bank building (output-data calculation) as an only quantitative
work. We think that economist should consider the context where his input-data were built, before to use them in his own data bank (we suggest to make an institutional
and a bibliometric analysis of the available input-data). Thus, we could correct the input-data to obtain the best output-data.
2003-07
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4017/1/MPRA_paper_4017.pdf
Buda, Rodolphe (2003): Une analyse qualitative de l'offre statistique de l'INSÉÉ : travaux préparatoires pour la construction d'une banque de données d'emploi régional. Published in: Working Paper MODEM , Vol. 03, No. 22 (2003)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4073
2019-09-28T16:36:38Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4073/
El capital empresarial como determinante de la productividad y el crecimiento en España
Massón Guerra, José Luis
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
M13 - New Firms ; Startups
O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence
This paper analyzes the role of entrepreneurship capital as a new explanatory factor of Spanish Labor Productivity of Economic Sectors. Based on the Audretsch and Keilbach’s Model (2004a) that measure the capacity of generating new enterprises, the methodology incorporates this capacity as a new “capital” into a Cobb-Douglas Production Function (1928). Using secondary data from 75 Spanish economic sectors and supported by Resource Based View, Dynamic Capacities, and Endogenous Growth Theories, the results reveals that the creation of small enterprises shows a strong impact in the productivity and the sectorial Spanish growth.
2007-07-06
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4073/1/MPRA_paper_4073.pdf
Massón Guerra, José Luis (2007): El capital empresarial como determinante de la productividad y el crecimiento en España.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4378
2019-09-27T17:30:19Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4378/
La planificación regional en Portugal y en la Comunidad Europea
Mourao, Paulo
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Abstract: Planning on the space needs sharing, conceiving, dividing and acting: sharing resources,
conceiving policies, dividing the territory, deciding by an enlightened way and acting with efficiency
and with efficacy. This work shows the richness related to the definition of regional space
and it verifies the multiple complexities of the processes of planning, deeply dependent on
the quality of the financing instruments or on the economic and political structures, also discussed
recurring to the examples of Portugal and of the European communitarian project.
2006-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4378/1/MPRA_paper_4378.pdf
Mourao, Paulo (2006): La planificación regional en Portugal y en la Comunidad Europea. Published in: Revista Galega de Economia , Vol. 16, No. 2 (2007)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4421
2019-10-01T04:52:20Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4421/
Integration of migrants in Italy: A simple general and objective measure
Di Bartolomeo, Anna
Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni
J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants ; Non-labor Discrimination
R10 - General
J10 - General
J18 - Public Policy
Measuring migrants’ integration into host societies is a challenging task as, in general, measuring any social behavior and social phenomena. The task is affected by many specific problems related to the definition of the objective of study and the impact of subjective evaluations in the construction of an index. Our study aims to provide a measure of integration as much as possible general and objective. More in details, first, we consider some different general aspects of the integration problem related to migrants’ polarization, cultural diversification, social stability, integration in the labor market. Second, we aggregate them in a synthetic linear index, which is rather objective since the weights are computed by only considering the statistical properties of our dataset, i.e. choosing those weights that minimize the information loss in terms of data variances/co-variances.
2007-04
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4421/1/MPRA_paper_4421.pdf
Di Bartolomeo, Anna and Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni (2007): Integration of migrants in Italy: A simple general and objective measure.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4561
2020-01-11T05:01:01Z
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4562
2020-03-11T15:53:41Z
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4616
2019-09-27T10:39:52Z
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4623
2019-09-28T01:37:46Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4623/
The impact of firm-type dominance on regional manufacturing growth
Salvary, Stanley
R1 - General Regional Economics
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Availability of financial capital and location decisions are variables that influence regional manufacturing output. This study maintains that a region’s manufacturing growth depends upon the region’s firm-type dominance. That is, the type of firms that dominate the region’s manufacturing output can be classified as non-local (national or foreign - NF) vs. local and large vs. small. Accordingly, for policy analysis, regions can be classified by firm-type dominance. This distinction is important since, invariably, location decision options and availability of financial capital are more favourable for the larger NF firms than for local firms. In an attempt to assess the impact of firm-type dominance, this study draws upon the dominant industry model which has established that, in any given region, there is a dominant industry (the driving force of the region) to which a region’s manufacturing growth is linked. The information on the impact of firm-type dominance on a region's manufacturing output may enable policy-makers to design workable (or revise existing) manufacturing diversification policies.
2007-08-23
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4623/1/MPRA_paper_4623.pdf
Salvary, Stanley (2007): The impact of firm-type dominance on regional manufacturing growth.
en
oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4651
2019-10-02T04:37:11Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4651/
Spatial Pillage Game
Jung, Hanjoon Michael
C71 - Cooperative Games
R19 - Other
A pillage game is a coalitional game that is meant to be a model of Hobbesian anarchy. The spatial pillage game introduces a spatial feature into the pillage game by assuming that players are located in regions. Players can travel from one region to another in one move and can form a coalition and combine their power only with players in the same region. A coalition has power only within its region. Under this spatial restriction, some members of a coalition can pillage less powerful coalitions without any cost. The feasibility of pillages between coalitions determines the dominance relation. Core, stable set, and farsighted core are adopted as alternative solution concepts.
2007
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4651/1/MPRA_paper_4651.pdf
Jung, Hanjoon Michael (2007): Spatial Pillage Game.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4661
2019-10-08T04:35:41Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4661/
Relative remote rural areas (RRRA)in developed regions: an analysis of the Emilia-Romagna region to support policy decision making.
Zabbini, Enza
Grandi, Silvia
Dallari, Fiorella
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
C88 - Other Computer Software
R15 - Econometric and Input-Output Models ; Other Models
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
C30 - General
R14 - Land Use Patterns
This paper addresses the identification and the analysis of the remote rural areas (RRA) that should be at the center of future regional development policies for periphery areas in averagely highly developed territories, such as the Emilia-Romagna region. However, since none of the areas of the region can be defined lagging or underdeveloped when compared with the EU 25 countries, it is introduced the concept of “Relative” Remote Rural Area (RRRA) which partially could recall the semi-periphery in the theoretical scheme of Immanuel Wallestrein or the trasition area of Friedmann.
Methodologically, the investigation is done both by using as a basis an intermediate geographical level that can be considered in line with the NUTS4 one: the SLL (Local Working Systems) identified by the Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), and by a NUTS5-level cluster analysis performed using a selection of indicators, which includes demographic, socio-economic, employment, agricultural, infrastructure and commuting patterns. This work led to the identification and mapping of a set of municipalities that show the higher remote & rural features of the region. The Province of Ferrara resulted the NUTS3 level with the highest RRRA. After a discussion upon the main characteristics of this areas, preliminary policy indications for these territories are given.
2007-07
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4661/1/MPRA_paper_4661.pdf
Zabbini, Enza and Grandi, Silvia and Dallari, Fiorella (2007): Relative remote rural areas (RRRA)in developed regions: an analysis of the Emilia-Romagna region to support policy decision making. Published in: Note e Ricerche - Biblioteca Centralizzata del Polo Scientifico-Didattico di Rimini, Università di Bologna , Vol. Workin, (2007): pp. 1-29.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4706
2019-09-27T03:26:00Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4706/
Turismo no litoral versus turismo no interior Português. O destino turístico Serra da Estrela
Vaz, Margarida
Dinis, Anabela
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
M3 - Marketing and Advertising
L83 - Sports ; Gambling ; Restaurants ; Recreation ; Tourism
This article looks at the Serra da Estrela mountain range as a tourist destination in the context of the inland Portuguese tourist destinations, identifying its direct competitors as well those that complement its tourism offer. We note the changes in national tourist dynamics, with the inland regions growing at a faster rate than the coastal ones. As a tourist destination the Serra da Estrela could benefit from having the Douro (whose growth is greater) and the Central Alentejo regions (the more established inland destination) as allies. Furthermore, the Serra da Estrela needs to increase its competitive profile to compete with the Trás-os-Montes region, which presents similar competitive arguments (rural and mountain destination).
2007
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4706/1/MPRA_paper_4706.pdf
Vaz, Margarida and Dinis, Anabela (2007): Turismo no litoral versus turismo no interior Português. O destino turístico Serra da Estrela. Forthcoming in: Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais No. nº 14 (2007): pp. 67-94.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4779
2019-10-08T09:24:41Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4779/
Infrastructural Facilities in India: District Level Availability Index
Majumder, Rajarshi
C43 - Index Numbers and Aggregation
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
R53 - Public Facility Location Analysis ; Public Investment and Capital Stock
R10 - General
The role of infrastructure in fostering economic growth and enhancing public welfare is more pronounced in developing economies like India. At the time of our independence, the national government was unanimous in accepting that a much wider base of infrastructure was the ‘sine qua non’ of economic development of this country. The complete consensus obviated the need for any debate on this issue and it was taken for granted that infrastructure sector needed both large scale action and outlay. There has been a remarkable growth in the absolute level of such facilities, as well as in the level relative to the size of the nation and population, i.e. in standardized forms, though the performance in terms of efficiency, quality and financial viability has remained circumspect, if not poor. However, a major aspect of this issue has been the wide regional variation in the availability of infrastructural facilities. This has often accentuated regional disparities in socio-economic development and stressed the necessity for an integrated regional development programme. The first step towards this direction is taking a stock of the regional distribution of infrastructural facilities in India. In this paper an attempt has been made towards this direction. It has been observed that there exists considerable regional disparity in infrastructural facilities in India, not only among the states, but within states also. It is also noted that the relative hierarchy has remained quite sticky over time. Thus, the situation is far from comfortable and this issue is to be taken up seriously to keep our economy on track.
2003-12
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4779/1/MPRA_paper_4779.pdf
Majumder, Rajarshi (2003): Infrastructural Facilities in India: District Level Availability Index. Published in: Indian Journal of Regional Science , Vol. Vol. 3, No. No. 2 (December 2003)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4793
2019-10-10T11:16:21Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4793/
Can information asymmetry cause agglomeration?
Berliant, Marcus
Kung, Fan-chin
D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; Mechanism Design
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
The modern literature on city formation and development, for example the New Economic Geography literature, has studied the agglomeration of agents in size or mass. We investigate agglomeration in sorting or by type of worker, that implies agglomeration in size when worker populations differ by type. This kind of agglomeration can be driven by asymmetric information in the labor market, specifically when firms do not know if a particular worker is of high or low skill. In a model with two types and two regions, workers of different skill levels are offered separating contracts in equilibrium. When mobile low skill worker population rises or there is technological change that favors high skilled workers, integration of both types of workers in the same region at equilibrium becomes unstable, whereas sorting of worker types into different regions in equilibrium remains stable. The instability of integrated equilibria results from firms, in the region to which workers are perturbed, offering attractive contracts to low skill workers when there is a mixture of workers in the region of origin.
2006-10-31
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4793/1/MPRA_paper_4793.pdf
Berliant, Marcus and Kung, Fan-chin (2006): Can information asymmetry cause agglomeration?
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4814
2019-09-27T13:00:45Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4814/
INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Majumder, Rajarshi
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
Imbalances in regional infrastructural availability have been a major reason behind lopsided development in India. This paper examines the veracity of this argument in light of empirical results at the district level using a multidimensional approach with sub-sectoral, sectoral and composite indices of development and infrastructural availability. Significant association between infrastructural and development levels of regions is observed, though the magnitude has declined in recent years. This association is different for regions at different stages of development. The findings suggest that identification of specific requirements of different regions, benefit-cost analysis, followed by infrastructural expansion are major planks of balanced regional development.
2004
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4814/1/MPRA_paper_4814.pdf
Majumder, Rajarshi (2004): INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4818
2019-10-01T14:43:06Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4818/
India’s Development Experience - A Regional Analysis: An essay in honour of Prof. Ashok Mathur
Majumder, Rajarshi
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
Wide regional variation has been a major characteristic of development experience in India. In the present study, the multidimensional facet of development is sought to be reflected through composite indices of development. It deals with the development trends exhibited at the National as well as Regional level during the period 1971-1995 with special focus on regional disparity in development levels. Considerable variation in the levels of development - both across states and also within each state is perceived. The disparity seems to be widening over time, specially in the post-reform period. Providing adequate infrastructural facilities, shift from Central Planning to Multilevel Planning, and breaking the myth of trade-off between growth and equity are some of the emerging policy suggestions.
2002
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4818/1/MPRA_paper_4818.pdf
Majumder, Rajarshi (2002): India’s Development Experience - A Regional Analysis: An essay in honour of Prof. Ashok Mathur. Published in: Industrialization, Economic Reforms and Regional Development: Essays in honour of Professor Ashok Mathur, (eds) Prof. S. K. Thorat et al, Shipra Publications, New Delhi (2005) (2005)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4820
2019-10-04T01:43:17Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4820/
Infrastructure and Development Interlinkage in West Bengal: A VAR Analysis
Majumder, Rajarshi
Mukherjee, Dipa
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models
R53 - Public Facility Location Analysis ; Public Investment and Capital Stock
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
Theoretical propositions proclaim that the association between Infrastructure Availability and Development of a region is quite strong and runs from the former to the latter. Empirical studies are however, inconclusive. While few researchers have concluded that the impact of infrastructure on development levels, though positive, is not significant, equally large numbers of studies claim that infrastructure explains a substantial part of development levels. In this paper the association between infrastructural availability and development for the West Bengal economy is explored using a multidimensional approach and a time series study. It is observed that both developmental and infrastructural indices have shown a continuously rising trend during 1971-2001. The causation seems to be stronger from infrastructure to development. The long run relationships suggest strong positive impact of infrastructural availability on development levels. Different facets of infrastructure seem to have different impacts on different dimensions of development. A segmented policy aiming at specific sectors need to be adopted, with the greatest importance being attached to those infrastructural indicators that have highest total impact and strongest 'linkages' across sectors. Only this can sustain the development 'push' generated in West Bengal. Otherwise, the superstructure will have only a weak base and will come crashing down any day.
2005
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4820/1/MPRA_paper_4820.pdf
Majumder, Rajarshi and Mukherjee, Dipa (2005): Infrastructure and Development Interlinkage in West Bengal: A VAR Analysis. Published in: Artha-Niti , Vol. III, No. 1 & 2 (2005)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4821
2019-09-27T13:02:08Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4821/
Human Development in India: Regional Pattern and Policy Issues
Majumder, Rajarshi
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
I00 - General
O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration
I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being
Development literature in the past decade has become more people centric with human development being projected as one of the 'ends' of development planning. The present paper tries to explore the trends, patterns and regional dimension of human development (HD) in India through construction of alternate HD indices for the districts of India. The association between HD indices and conventional measures like per capita income has been explored. Substantial inter-regional disparity in HD is observed. Probable reasons for such disparity have been inquired. Suggested policies to enhance HD include greater role of the State in provisioning of social infrastructure, especially to the hitherto marginalized groups.
2004
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4821/1/MPRA_paper_4821.pdf
Majumder, Rajarshi (2004): Human Development in India: Regional Pattern and Policy Issues. Published in: Indian Journal of Applied Economics , Vol. 2, No. 1 (2005)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4850
2019-09-29T23:33:08Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4850/
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE
Majumder, Rajarshi
O53 - Asia including Middle East
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
E65 - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence
O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Debate over Growth and Development are quite old in the history of economic thinking. It is argued that development encompasses comprehensive issues like health, education, equality, and liveability while growth is too narrow a concept. This paper analyses the growth and development experience in India using multiple indicators. Development seems to have lagged behind growth in recent times. Disparity seems to have increased in the post-reform period, caused mainly by further slowing down of low-income states. Imbalances seem to have percolated across economic groups also. This leads us to believe that the remarkable growth that has occurred recently has not been egalitarian and hence development has failed to keep pace with it. Important reasons behind this may be imbalances in Infrastructural facilities and Public Investment, as well as differences in governance. Still, developmental level seems to be higher in the high growth regions, indicating the necessity of the latter for the former.
2005
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4850/1/MPRA_paper_4850.pdf
Majumder, Rajarshi (2005): GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4852
2019-09-28T01:56:22Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4852/
Problems and Prospects of Informal Manufacturing Sector: A Case Study of Durgapur City
Mukherjee, Dipa
R38 - Government Policy
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
L60 - General
Even in presence of a dominant factory sector, informal manufacturing sector can play a very vital role in shaping the development profile of a region through its diverse interaction and complementarities with the organised sector. This paper, based on a field survey at the industrial city of Durgapur explores the problems and prospects of informal manufacturing units therein. A gradual shift in composition of this sector is evident, which is mainly in response to changing economic scenario of the region. Appropriate policies for the sector's optimum development should include, among others, well co-ordinated formal-informal linkage and streamlining of credit availability. These steps are likely to bring about integrated development of the region.
2003
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4852/1/MPRA_paper_4852.pdf
Mukherjee, Dipa (2003): Problems and Prospects of Informal Manufacturing Sector: A Case Study of Durgapur City. Published in: Indian Journal of Regional Science , Vol. 36, No. 2 (December 2004)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4859
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Productivity in the Informal Manufacturing Sector: Regional Patterns and Policy Issues
Mukherjee, Dipa
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
D24 - Production ; Cost ; Capital ; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity ; Capacity
L60 - General
The study uses a disaggregated approach to look into Labour Productivity in the informal manufacturing sector in India over the last two decades, especially Trends in productivity levels and regional disparities, its regional pattern, and Factors affecting the productivity levels. Wide variation in productivity levels is observed. The Western and North-western states are found to be doing better. Regional disparities are higher for intermediate goods compared to others. However, converging tendencies are also perceived. General economic condition of the state and Availability of loan are identified as factors affecting productivity levels. Policies for improving productivity levels in this sector, especially in lagging regions, should include general economic upliftment, development of proper infrastructure, technological upgradation and easy and cheap credit availability.
2004
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4859/1/MPRA_paper_4859.pdf
Mukherjee, Dipa (2004): Productivity in the Informal Manufacturing Sector: Regional Patterns and Policy Issues. Published in: Industrialization, Economic Reforms and Regional Development: Essays in honour of Professor Ashok Mathur, (eds) S. K. Thorat and others, Shipra Publications, New Delhi (2005)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4861
2019-09-30T16:35:00Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4861/
Technological Upgradation in the Informal Manufacturing Sector: Possibilities and Problems
Mukherjee, Dipa
Mathur, Ashok
J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
L60 - General
The informal sector in India has consolidated its position in the economy instead of fading away with time. It has taken up the challenges of the new economic dispension with vigorous competitiveness and amazing adaptation & enthusiasm. However, low labour productivity is one of the serious problems related to this sector. It is argued that technological upgradation is likely to solve this problem substantially. This paper attempts to identify the areas within the informal manufacturing sector where such technological upgradation would be fruitful. Several segments and activity groups are identified as Target groups both at the National and Regional level. Associated policies should address availability of proper technology, resource needs for technological upgradation and promoting formal-informal linkages.
2002
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4861/1/MPRA_paper_4861.pdf
Mukherjee, Dipa and Mathur, Ashok (2002): Technological Upgradation in the Informal Manufacturing Sector: Possibilities and Problems. Published in: Informal Sector in India – Pathway to Viability and Growth, (eds) Jayshree Shah and R.G. Nambiar, SPIESR, 2005 (2005)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4866
2019-09-30T08:06:25Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4866/
Informal Manufacturing Sector in India: Pre and Post Reform Growth Dynamics
Mukherjee, Dipa
J01 - Labor Economics: General
J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
J23 - Labor Demand
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
L60 - General
The informal manufacturing sector (IMS) in India has been a major part of the economy. Whether its growth is due to entry of people in distress, or whether it is a vibrant and growth oriented sector is debatable. In this paper, the growth dynamics of IMS in India over the period 1984 to 2000 is explored with special reference to the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) and plausible factors determining the growth pattern are sought to be identified. This growth is observed to be neither smooth nor uniform. The IMS cannot be labelled either a distress driven sink or a dynamic alternative economic avenue in blanket term as existence of both the segments are detected. While sustainability of the distress driven segment is questionable, the dynamic segment is likely to act as the engine of future growth. Distinctly different sets of policies are recommended for the two different segments of IMS.
2004
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4866/1/MPRA_paper_4866.pdf
Mukherjee, Dipa (2004): Informal Manufacturing Sector in India: Pre and Post Reform Growth Dynamics. Published in: Indian Journal of Labour Economics , Vol. 47, No. 2 (2004)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4873
2019-09-28T05:30:25Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4873/
Changing Role of Women: A Study of Small Manufacturing Enterprises in India
Mukherjee, Dipa
R23 - Regional Migration ; Regional Labor Markets ; Population ; Neighborhood Characteristics
J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J16 - Economics of Gender ; Non-labor Discrimination
R10 - General
L60 - General
Women's position in the labour market is quite vulnerable and they face widespread discrimination, especially in the informal sector. This position is changing, both quantitatively and qualitatively, and there is a marked trend towards feminisation of workforce. This paper focuses on this changing position of women in the informal manufacturing sector in India over the 1989-2000 period. The share of women in total employment is declining in the sectors traditionally labeled for women and increasing in the non-traditional sectors. Distribution of women employment is becoming more evenly spread across both activity groups and regions. Widespread casualisation emerges to be a prominent phenomenon. Poverty, literacy and per capita income are identified as important determinants of incidence of women employment. In recent years women's participation seems to be less distress driven. Regulations regarding minimum wage, mass literacy campaign along with vocational and on the job training are some of the policy suggestions.
2005
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4873/1/MPRA_paper_4873.pdf
Mukherjee, Dipa (2005): Changing Role of Women: A Study of Small Manufacturing Enterprises in India. Published in: Journal of Economic & Social Development , Vol. II, No. 2 (2006)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4948
2019-09-26T17:53:14Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4948/
Romania between the challenges of competitiveness and regional cohesion
Botezatu, Elena
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Even if Romania succeeded to become a member of the European Union, the development gaps between its regions and those in the other member states continue to be significant. The paper will focus on analyzing the regional disparities in Romania, in terms of GDP/capita, FDI and possibly state interventions, with the view of creating a so-called typology of “winners and losers”. After determining the winners and losers, a brief description will follow, underlining the key aspects that differentiate them from the other regions. Next, the paper will discuss some aspects related to the future perspectives for regional development in Romania, taking into account the perspective of reform at European level and discussions that are currently developing, related to trade-off between equity and efficiency, between cohesion and competitiveness. The last part of the paper will focus on providing a possible answer for the future of regional development, by analyzing the investment in research and innovation and the impact it could have in Romania.
2007-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4948/1/MPRA_paper_4948.pdf
Botezatu, Elena (2007): Romania between the challenges of competitiveness and regional cohesion. Forthcoming in:
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4973
2019-09-30T11:24:55Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4973/
Dynamics of knowledge creation and transfer: The two person case
Berliant, Marcus
Fujita, Masahisa
D83 - Search ; Learning ; Information and Knowledge ; Communication ; Belief ; Unawareness
O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
This paper presents a micro-model of knowledge creation and transfer for a couple. Our model incorporates two key aspects of the cooperative process of knowledge creation: (i) heterogeneity of people in their state of knowledge is essential for successful cooperation in the joint creation of new ideas, while (ii) the very process of cooperative knowledge creation affects the heterogeneity of people through the accumulation of knowledge in common. The model features myopic agents in a pure externality model of interaction. In the two person case, we show that the equilibrium process tends to result in the accumulation of too much knowledge in common compared to the most productive state. Equilibrium paths are found analytically, and they are a discontinuous function of initial heterogeneity.
2007-09-18
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4973/1/MPRA_paper_4973.pdf
Berliant, Marcus and Fujita, Masahisa (2007): Dynamics of knowledge creation and transfer: The two person case.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:4994
2019-09-26T11:22:41Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4994/
Divari regionali e crescita del Mezzogiorno, 1980-2004
Daniele, Vittorio
O49 - Other
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
This paper examines the evolution of regional disparities among Italian regions in the period 1980-2007. A growth accounting exercise offers some evidences on the sources of growth and convergence.
2007-01-25
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4994/1/MPRA_paper_4994.pdf
Daniele, Vittorio (2007): Divari regionali e crescita del Mezzogiorno, 1980-2004.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5037
2019-09-27T09:56:05Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5037/
Industrial Clusters and Regional Development. The Case of Timisoara and Montebelluna.
Isbasoiu, George - Marian
F22 - International Migration
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change ; Industrial Price Indices
Today’s economic climate is dominated by inter-firms networks, which have become powerful instruments for building economic capacity for regions to compete in the global market place. Industry clusters are recognised as playing a significant role both in regional economic development and in improvements to quality of life. The aim of this paper is to investigate this influence and to tackle the issues of de-localisation, decentralisation and cluster development as strategy for urban regeneration by comparing two clusters: Montebelluna and Timisoara. Clusters are a common reality in all economies and have traditionally been equated with cities. Across all European regions and cities there is a growing specialisation and concentration or clustering of industries in response to increasing competition and outsourcing as a result of economic reforms and globalisation. Industry clusters comprise groups of firms that share common suppliers, distributors and know-how and find advantage in a specific geographic location. Based on such insights, the paper suggests a theoretical proposal, supported by practical evidence.
2006-12-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5037/1/MPRA_paper_5037.pdf
Isbasoiu, George - Marian (2006): Industrial Clusters and Regional Development. The Case of Timisoara and Montebelluna. Forthcoming in: ICFAI University Press (1 January 2008)
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5093
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5093/
Die neoliberale Agrargesetzgebung in México, 1992-2005
Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena
Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure ; Land Reform ; Land Use ; Irrigation ; Agriculture and Environment
R14 - Land Use Patterns
K11 - Property Law
Under the pressure of NAFTA negotiations Mexican government changed the agrarian legislation at the beginning of the 1990. This reform meant turning away from the former leitmotiv of social justice brought up in the revolution towards the neoliberal paradigm of economic efficiency. The old system of subsedies and and institutional support was replaced by a market- and export orientation, the priority of community land was replaced by the primacy of private property rights in order to capitalize the Mexican agriculture. This paper analyses whether the goals of increasing productivity and changing the production structure where achieved.
There are three basic outcomes from the reforms: small scale farmers have los market shares and depend on non-agricultural incomes. Secondly, the trading of land is marginal, as export goods are produced on a small share of productive land and the agricultural corporations have many alternative to the purchase Hof land. The capitalization of agricultural enterprises has also been minimal. These results cause a regional concentration of agricultural corporations and lead to a further marginalization Hof small scale farmers.
2007
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5093/1/MPRA_paper_5093.pdf
Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena (2007): Die neoliberale Agrargesetzgebung in México, 1992-2005. Published in: Peripherie: Zeitschrift für Politik und Ökonomie in der Dritten Welt , Vol. Volume, No. Número 105/106 (2007): pp. 122-142.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5119
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5119/
Balance del modelo agroexportador en América Latina el comenzar el siglo XXI
Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena
O43 - Institutions and Growth
Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
P16 - Political Economy
The purpose of this essay is offer a perspective of situation crosses today regional agriculture, checking some of its added balances. It interests us to debate the optimistic and not very critical way with which the figures are divulged and to put in evidence aspects fewer diffused, but of supreme importance for present and future of the region. To begin, we refer to the general context in that the transformation are raised in the Latin America growth model, and their pretences. At once we are in charge of the agriculture, focused in the common content of the national projects, to revise finally some of their sequels. We conclude with some thinking on the meaning of these changes for the expansion of the capital as long as system an for the involved rural population.
2006
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5119/1/MPRA_paper_5119.pdf
Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena (2006): Balance del modelo agroexportador en América Latina el comenzar el siglo XXI. Published in: Mundo Agrario. Revista de Estudios Rurales de la Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina. , Vol. año/vo, No. Número 013 (2006): pp. 1-25.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5307
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5307/
Determinants of interregional migration in Italy:A panel data analysis
Etzo, Ivan
R1 - General Regional Economics
After two decades of low internal migration rates, official national statistics report a considerable increase of internal mobility which started in 1996 and still continues to grow at the time of writing. Using panel data analysis on gross migration flows between regions, this study investigates the role of the main economic determinants during the period 1996-2002.. The analysis distinguishes between the role played by the same explanatory variable in the sending region (push factor) and in the destination region (pull factor). The per capita GDP turns out to be the main economic determinant, showing a strong effect both when it acts as a push factor and when it acts as an attractive factor. On the contrary, the effect of the unemployment rate estimates is much stronger in the sending region than in the destination region. Moreover, the standard gravity variables like distance and population size are also significant and with the expected sign.
2007-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5307/1/MPRA_paper_5307.pdf
Etzo, Ivan (2007): Determinants of interregional migration in Italy:A panel data analysis.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5324
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5324/
Formation of SEZ, Agricultural Productivity and Urban Unemployment
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit
Yabuuchi, Shigemi
R14 - Land Use Patterns
H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
Formation of SEZ using agricultural land to promote industrialization has recently been one of most controversial policy issues in many developing economies including India. This paper critically theoretically evaluates the consequences of this policy in terms of a three-sector Harris-Todaro type general equilibrium model reasonable for a developing economy. It finds that agriculture and SEZ can grow simultaneously provided the government spends more than a critical amount on irrigation projects and other infrastructural development designed for improving the efficiency of land. Agricultural wage and aggregate employment in the economy may also improve.
2007-10-11
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5324/1/MPRA_paper_5324.pdf
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit and Yabuuchi, Shigemi (2007): Formation of SEZ, Agricultural Productivity and Urban Unemployment.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5392
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5392/
La legalidad en las políticas agrarias: México 1990–2005
Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena
Q10 - General
A14 - Sociology of Economics
R10 - General
K00 - General
In support of public policy, the law anticipates Government projects so as to pave the way for them, or is adjusted along the way in order to adapt the institutional framework to the processes which in fact prevail. A typical case is that of Mexican Agrarian legislation in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We propose here that recent developments in Agrarian legislation reveal the limitations of the modernizing strategy of the 1990s, which resulted in a call for the rural population to enter into alternative economic activities, as agriculture ceases to be the way of life for numerous families. We conclude that the restructuring of agricultural production in Mexico has excluded the productive and social dimensions. The reformulation of agrarian legal discourse demonstrates the structural limitations of advancement in terms of the agribusiness model. Now the sector’s economic policy priorities of growth and yield shift towards the instruments of social policy related to territorial construction.
2007
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5392/1/MPRA_paper_5392.pdf
Acosta Reveles, Irma Lorena (2007): La legalidad en las políticas agrarias: México 1990–2005. Published in: Investigación Científica. Revista digital de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Nueva época. , Vol. Volume, No. Issue 2 (August 2007): pp. 1-25.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5428
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Explaining the size distribution of cities: X-treme economies
Berliant, Marcus
Watanabe, Hiroki
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
The methodology used by theories to explain the size distribution of cities is contrived in that it takes an empirical fact and works backward to first obtain a reduced form of a model, then pushes this reduced form back to assumptions on primitives. The induced assumptions on consumer behavior, particularly about their ability to insure against the city-level productivity shocks in the model, are untenable. With either self insurance or insurance markets, and either an arbitrarily small cost of moving or the assumption that consumers do not perfectly observe the shocks to firms' technologies, the agents will never move. Equilibrium implies a uniform distribution of agents. Even without these frictions, our analysis yields another equilibrium with insurance that gives exactly the same utility level to consumers as the equilibrium studied in the literature, but where consumers never move. Thus, insurance is a substitute for movement. Even aggregate shocks are insufficent to generate consumer movement, since consumers can borrow and save. We propose an alternative class of models, involving extreme risk against which consumers will not insure. Instead, they will move.
2007-10-24
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5428/1/MPRA_paper_5428.pdf
Berliant, Marcus and Watanabe, Hiroki (2007): Explaining the size distribution of cities: X-treme economies.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5436
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5436/
Die UEMOA und die CFA-Zone: Eine neue Kooperations-Kultur im frankophonen Afrika?
Kohnert, Dirk
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
O23 - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development
R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
F15 - Economic Integration
E26 - Informal Economy ; Underground Economy
P25 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
N97 - Africa ; Oceania
O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure
The CFA-zone is basically composed of two sub-zones, characterised by significant structural economic and political differences within and between its member countries: the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU/UEMOA) and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (EMCCA/CEMAC). The growing structural divergences between UEMOA and CEMAC have been intensified by the recent development of world oil markets, booming production in Equatorial Guinea and the arrival of Chad in the club of oil producers. Nevertheless the CFA-zone in general, and the UEMOA in particular, have been considered as model case for economic and monetary integration in Africa. Yet, neither of these sub-zones meets the classical criteria of the Optimum Currency Area (OCA). In contrast, they show a low degree of diversification of production and exports, low factor mobility (except of labour in some countries) and price and wage flexibility, different levels of infrastructure and of inflation, low intra-regional trade and a strong exposure to asymmetrical external shocks (e.g. violent political conflicts, different terms of trade development for oil- and agricultural exports). The rules of the informal sector, which are more important in structuring the CFA-zone than the institutions and policies of the formal economic sector, including its monetary institutions. For decades, prices of French imports were overpriced, due to protection by tied aid and other political and cultural non-tariff barriers. The cost of this rent-seeking was carried not only by the French Treasury, who guarantees the peg, but by the French and EU-taxpayers, who financed budgetary bail-outs and development aid, and finally by the poorer member countries and social strata (cf. the free-rider thesis). This article analyses the aims and structures of the WEAMU and its future development prospects.
2005
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5436/1/MPRA_paper_5436.pdf
Kohnert, Dirk (2005): Die UEMOA und die CFA-Zone: Eine neue Kooperations-Kultur im frankophonen Afrika? Published in: Schriften des Deutschen Übersee-Instituts, Hamburg No. Nr. 65 (2005): pp. 115-136.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5576
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5621
2019-09-28T16:41:46Z
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5621/
The Microcredit Success
Reggiani, Tommaso
G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages
R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
O2 - Development Planning and Policy
I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being
I38 - Government Policy ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Is possible to think the credit access like a human right? Eventually, to practice an approach of this type, is it sostenibile from the entrepreneurial and social point of view? These are the two challenges that the microcredit is defying.
2005-07-01
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5621/1/MPRA_paper_5621.pdf
Reggiani, Tommaso (2005): The Microcredit Success. Published in: Appunti di cultura e politica , Vol. Vol. 4, (1 July 2005): pp. 33-37.
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5643/
A new approach for β-convergence estimation in Italy
De Siano, Rita
D'Uva, Marcella
C5 - Econometric Modeling
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
In this paper we test the presence of β-convergence among Italian regions, in the period 1980-2003, in presence of a trend break in the series following a new approach (Vogelsang and Tomljanovich, 2002). The break year is considered either known (1992) and endogenously estimated from the data. When we consider a known trend break date model the results evidence the presence of a convergence process for most of the Italian regions in the considered period. The outcome relative to the unknown break date model, on the contrary, strongly depend on the econometric model used to estimate the β-convergence.
2007
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5643/1/MPRA_paper_5643.pdf
De Siano, Rita and D'Uva, Marcella (2007): A new approach for β-convergence estimation in Italy.
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oai:mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de:5704
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5704/
Agglomeration Economies and the Location of Industries: A comparison of Three small European Countries
Barrios, Salvador
Bertinelli, Luisito
Eric, Strobl
Antonio Carlos, Teixeira
R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
We investigate and compare the spatial distribution of manufacturing activity and its determinants in Belgium, Ireland, and Portugal using comparable, exhaustive micro-level data sets. We find some similarities between Portugal and Belgium, but little for Ireland. Moreover, there is some evidence that forward and backward linkages as well as dependence on natural advantages can be important determinants of agglomeration.
2003-09
MPRA Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5704/1/MPRA_paper_5704.pdf
Barrios, Salvador and Bertinelli, Luisito and Eric, Strobl and Antonio Carlos, Teixeira (2003): Agglomeration Economies and the Location of Industries: A comparison of Three small European Countries. Published in: Core Discussion Paper , Vol. 67, (2003)
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