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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
An Account of Geographic Concentration Patterns in Europe
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| Autores: |
Brulhart, Marius
Traeger, Rolf
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| Data: |
2006-03-27
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| Ano: |
2003
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| Palavras-chave: |
Geographic concentration
EU regions
Centre-periphery gradients
Entropy indices
Bootstrap inference
Community/Rural/Urban Development
R12
R14
F15
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| Resumo: |
Using entropy indices and associated bootstrap tests, we describe the distribution of economic sectors across Western European regions over the 1975-2000 period. We decompose geographic concentration into its within-country and between-country components. In addition, we estimate centre-periphery gradients in sectoral location patterns and the impact of EU membership on countries' internal geography. It is found that manufacturing has become gradually more concentrated, although the locational bias towards central regions has become weaker. Conversely, market services have been relocating towards centrally located regions. EU integration appears to have strengthened countries' internal concentration trends.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
20521
http://purl.umn.edu/26155
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Hamburg Institute of International Economics>Discussion Paper Series
HWWA Discussion Paper 226
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| Formato: |
43
application/pdf
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