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    Structuring investment and regional inequalities in the Brazilian Northeast

    ABSTRACTStructuring investment and regional inequalities in the Brazilian Northeast. Regional Studies. This paper evaluates the long-run regional impacts of the construction of...
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    Segessemann A. and Crevoisier O. Beyond economic base theory: the role of the residential economy in attracting income to Swiss regions, Regional Studies. Regional development...
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    ABSTRACTRegional seasonality in Australian house and apartment price returns. Regional Studies. This paper examines regional seasonality in house and apartment price returns...
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    The concept of regional resilience is explored by understanding the resilience of individual firms within both the region (and their capabilities to cope, adapt and reconfigure)...
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    Bank Foundations, Social Capital, and the Growth of Italian Provinces

    The funding role of bank foundations in the Italian economy, especially to the non-profit sector, significantly increased over the last 25 years. This paper constructs a novel...
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    There must be an angel? Local financial markets, business angels and the fina...

    This study addresses the question of whether business angels can fill the gap left by venture capitalists and banks in the financing of innovative start-ups in regions where...
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    Asymmetric regional dynamics in the Portuguese economy: debt, openness and lo...

    Regional convergence stands out in the adjustment of the Portuguese economy that followed the international financial crisis. This outcome contrasts with increasing regional...
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    Championing processes and the emergence of industrial symbiosis

    Industrial symbiosis is an important concept for regional development in which industrial organizations seek to use one another's outputs and inputs, reduce waste and achieve...
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    Regional determinants of German FDI in the Czech Republic: new evidence on th...

    ABSTRACTRegional determinants of German FDI in the Czech Republic: new evidence on the role of border regions. Regional Studies. Using a unique dataset, the regional...
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    Effect of constraints on Tiebout competition: evidence from a school finance ...

    ABSTRACTEffect of constraints on Tiebout competition: evidence from a school finance reform. Regional Studies. Michigan's school finance reform significantly increased state aid...
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    A new approach to test the effects of decentralization on public infrastructu...

    This paper proposes a simple theoretical framework to obtain a tractable equation that considers the traditional criteria for allocating public infrastructure investment and...
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    Diversifying in green technologies in European regions: does political suppor...

    New green activities in regions tend to build on regional capabilities. This paper makes a first attempt to test the impact of political support for environmental policy at the...
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    Transforming cities: does urbanization promote democratic change?

    ABSTRACTTransforming cities: does urbanization promote democratic change? Regional Studies. Could urbanization lead to more democracy and better government for the mega-cities...
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    Technological coherence and the adaptive resilience of regional economies

    This paper explores the effect of different regional technological profiles on the resilience of regional economies to exogenous shocks. It presents an empirical examination of...
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    Local council members’ view on intermunicipal cooperation: does office-relate...

    ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes data from a survey among local council members in 59 German municipalities. It asks them whether or not their home municipality should cooperate with...
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    The impact of hard and soft policy measures on new technology-based firms

    ABSTRACTThe impact of hard and soft policy measures on new technology-based firms. Regional Studies. Entrepreneurship policies in support of new technology-based firms fall into...
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    Insularity and economies of density: analyzing the efficiency of a logistic n...

    This paper explores the challenges posed by insularity to economic development and overall welfare from a novel viewpoint. Using a multidisciplinary approach, we investigated...
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    Geography, cultural remoteness and the second nature of within-country econom...

    ABSTRACTGeography, cultural remoteness and the second nature of within-country economic development: do island regions lag behind? Regional Studies. Using a unique dataset that...
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    Does subnational tax autonomy promote regional convergence? Evidence from OEC...

    This paper investigates the simultaneous impact of subnational tax autonomy and vertical transfers on regional disparities of gross domestic product (GDP) per head in a sample...
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    ABSTRACTThe subnational level embodied by regions and cities presents unique challenges for energy policy. Large metropolitan areas tend to be consumers rather than producers of...