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Innovation, decentralization, and planning in a multi-region model of Schumpeterian economic growth

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014

We study innovation and the resulting Schumpeterian economic growth that this innovation gives rise to in a model with … balanced growth path (BGP) allocations and the equilibrium of interest. Second, we stipulate the form of the innovation … circumstances in which there is either too much or too little innovation in (i) the ith region, (ii) the aggregate economy of N>2 …

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A stepwise efficiency improvement DEA model for airport operations with fixed production factors

Suzuki, Soushi; Nijkamp, Peter - 2011

In the spirit of the deregulation movement, Japan is also faced with an gAsia Open Sky h agreement which favours aviation liberalization in international services. This means an end to Japan's aviation policy of isolation. In association with this policy change, also environmental concerns grew...

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A preference allocation-DFM model in Data Envelopment Analysis : an application to Energy-Environment-Economic efficiency in Japan-

Suzuki, Soushi; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2012

Japan is faced with a gFukushima f problem, meaning a nuclear accident leading to electrical power shortage. This problem relates to a non-balanced gEnergy-Environment-Economic h policy which does not, but should incorporate gelectrical power saving h, glow carbon emission h, and geconomic...

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Technology, learning, and long run economic growth in leading and lagging regions

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014

We use a dynamic model to study the effects of technology and learning on the long run economic growth rates of a leading and a lagging region. New technologies are developed in the leading region but technological improvements in the lagging region are the result of learning from the leading...

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Homeownership, unemployment and commuting distances

Kantor, Yuval; Nijkamp, Peter; Rouwendal, Jan - 2010 - Preliminary and incomplete

According to Oswald's hypothesis homeowners experience more problems in finding a new job after becoming unemployed because their moving costs are higher than those of renters. Empirical research has revealed that this effect is counteracted by the job search behavior of unemployed homeowners:...

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Creative capital in production, inefficiency, and inequality : a theoretical analysis

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2016

We analyze inefficiency and inequality associated with the use of creative capital to produce a final good in a regional economy. Specifically, we first study a case in which the individual creative capital units are perfect substitutes in the production of the final good. We show that the...

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Regional innovation performances of firms in Portugal

Galindo, Purificación Vicente; Noronha, Teresa de; … - 2010

obstacles and consequences. For the purpose of this paper, innovation has served as a major contributor for the previously … and explores those innovation determinants that have been detected by region. The analysis defines a set of regionalized … firms' behavioural patterns towards innovation. Methodologically, the Logistic Biplot is applied to an extended sample of …

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Inbound tourism as a driving force for regional innovation : a spatial impact study on China

Liu, Jingjing; Nijkamp, Peter - 2016

in regional development, and the regional innovation system becomes more and more open-ended. As a nexus of the … product variety and manifold consumption externalities. Much research has addressed the influence of innovation on the tourism … industry development, but only a few studies have focused on the impact of tourism on innovation. This study focusses on the …

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