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No. 2013/19 | 25 Nov 2013 |
The Case of Helsinki-Tallinn (Finland-Estonia) – Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders
Estonia and Finland have centuries of collaboration, mainly between the capital areas of Tallinn and Helsinki that currently account for 2 million inhabitants and USD 76 billion in economic output. The entry of Estonia into the European Union and,... |
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No. 2013/18 | 25 Nov 2013 |
The Case of Hedmark-Dalarna (Norway-Sweden) – Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders
Hedmark County (Norway) and Dalarna County (Sweden) are both rural, with the border being remote from regional centres. The total population of less than half a million inhabitants spans across almost 58 800 km², with an economic output of USD 22... |
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No. 2013/17 | 25 Nov 2013 |
The Case of the Bothnian Arc (Finland-Sweden) – Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders
The Bothnian Arc is a cross-border area on the border of Finland and Sweden that covers the most populated areas along the upper Bothnian Bay, spanning 800 kilometres. It has a population of around 710 000, across 55 000 km² with an economic output... |
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No. 2013/16 | 26 Nov 2013 |
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Hong Kong, China
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies... |
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No. 2013/15 | 30 Sept 2013 |
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Antofagasta, Chile
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of ports of Antofagasta, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and... |
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No. 2013/14 | 27 Sept 2013 |
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Danube Axis (Bratislava, Štúrovo, Komárno), Slovak Republic
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It... |
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No. 2013/13 | 06 Sept 2013 |
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: Synthesis Report
This report provides a synthesis of main findings from the OECD Port-Cities Programme, created in 2010 in order to assess the impact of ports on their cities and provide policy recommendations to increase the positive impacts of ports on their cities. |
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No. 2013/12 | 02 Jul 2013 |
Quality of Government and the Returns of Investment
This paper sets out to examine the impact of the quality of local and regional governments on the returns of investment, focusing on the returns of EU structural and cohesion funds. Despite the widespread belief that the quality of government affects... |
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No. 2013/11 | 13 Jun 2013 |
The Impact of Structural and Macroeconomic Factors on Regional Growth
This papers aims to understand the impact of nation-wide structural policies such as product market regulation in six upstream sectors and employment protection legislation and that of macroeconomic factors on the productivity growth of OECD regions.... |
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No. 2013/10 | 11 Jun 2013 |
Growth Trends and Characteristics of OECD Rural Regions
This paper benchmarks the performance of OECD rural regions with other types of OECD regions over the period 1995-2010. OECD regions are classified into three types according to the OECD regional typology and into four types according to the extended... |
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No. 2013/09 | 27 May 2013 |
The Role of Incentives in Co-operation Failures
There are many situations where the best outcome is reached through co-operation and co-ordination of agents’ actions. Although this is the best collective outcome, economic agents may fail to implement such co-operative strategy. The reason for this... |
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No. 2013/08 | 14 May 2013 |
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Rotterdam/Amsterdam, the Netherlands
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, an analysis of the impact of these ports on their territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines port performance... |
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No. 2013/07 | 17 May 2013 |
Urbanisation and Green Growth in China
This working paper assesses national policy and governance mechanisms that can influence green growth in Chinese cities. It applies the OECD conceptual framework for urban green growth to examine the potential challenges and opportunities for... |
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No. 2013/06 | 03 May 2013 |
Cities and Green Growth: The Case of the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area
This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It first examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and... |
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No. 2013/05 | 26 Mar 2013 |
Passing the Buck? Central and Sub-national Governments in Times of Fiscal Stress
The paper explores interrelations between the fiscal situation of sub-national and central governments, or – put differently – whether and how sub-national and central governments contribute to each other’s fiscal difficulties. The first part of the... |
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No. 2013/04 | 19 Mar 2013 |
Creating Conditions for Effective Public Investment
Growth and jobs are top concerns for policy makers confronting difficult economic conditions in many OECD countries. Sub-national governments are important contributors to national growth, but in many cases their economies are struggling as well.... |
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No. 2013/03 | 13 Mar 2013 |
Urban-to-Rural Population Growth Linkages
The objective of this paper is to better understand how the population growth rates of rural regions are affected by their closeness to urban regions and by the economic performance of the latter. By means of a cross-sectional analysis of OECD TL3... |
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No. 2013/02 | 11 Mar 2013 |
Sub-national Finances and Fiscal Consolidation
Recent crises and national consolidation packages affected sub-national finances. In many OECD countries, central governments introduced reductions in transfers to sub-national governments, and established expenditure and/or deficit objectives to be... |
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No. 2013/01 | 20 Feb 2013 |
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Mersin, Turkey
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Mersin, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades... |
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No. 2012/11 | 19 Dec 2012 |
Competitiveness of Port-Cities: The Case of Marseille-Fos, France
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Marseille-Fos, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines declining port performance over... |
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The Case of Helsinki-Tallinn (Finland-Estonia) – Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders
Claire Nauwelaers, Karen Maguire and Giulia Ajmone Marsan
25 Nov 2013
Estonia and Finland have centuries of collaboration, mainly between the capital areas of Tallinn and Helsinki that currently account for 2 million inhabitants and USD 76 billion in economic output. The entry of Estonia into the European Union and,...
The Case of Hedmark-Dalarna (Norway-Sweden) – Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders
Claire Nauwelaers, Karen Maguire and Giulia Ajmone Marsan
25 Nov 2013
Hedmark County (Norway) and Dalarna County (Sweden) are both rural, with the border being remote from regional centres. The total population of less than half a million inhabitants spans across almost 58 800 km², with an economic output of USD 22...
The Case of the Bothnian Arc (Finland-Sweden) – Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders
Claire Nauwelaers, Karen Maguire and Giulia Ajmone Marsan
25 Nov 2013
The Bothnian Arc is a cross-border area on the border of Finland and Sweden that covers the most populated areas along the upper Bothnian Bay, spanning 800 kilometres. It has a population of around 710 000, across 55 000 km² with an economic output...
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Hong Kong, China
Olaf Merk and Jing Li
26 Nov 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies...
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Antofagasta, Chile
Olaf Merk
30 Sept 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of ports of Antofagasta, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and...
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Danube Axis (Bratislava, Štúrovo, Komárno), Slovak Republic
Marten van den Bossche, Olaf Merk and Jing Li
27 Sept 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It...
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: Synthesis Report
Olaf Merk
06 Sept 2013
This report provides a synthesis of main findings from the OECD Port-Cities Programme, created in 2010 in order to assess the impact of ports on their cities and provide policy recommendations to increase the positive impacts of ports on their cities.
Quality of Government and the Returns of Investment
Andrés Rodriguez-Pose and Enrique Garcilazo
02 Jul 2013
This paper sets out to examine the impact of the quality of local and regional governments on the returns of investment, focusing on the returns of EU structural and cohesion funds. Despite the widespread belief that the quality of government affects...
The Impact of Structural and Macroeconomic Factors on Regional Growth
Sabine D’Costa, Enrique Garcilazo and Joaquim Oliveira Martins
13 Jun 2013
This papers aims to understand the impact of nation-wide structural policies such as product market regulation in six upstream sectors and employment protection legislation and that of macroeconomic factors on the productivity growth of OECD regions....
Growth Trends and Characteristics of OECD Rural Regions
Enrique Garcilazo
11 Jun 2013
This paper benchmarks the performance of OECD rural regions with other types of OECD regions over the period 1995-2010. OECD regions are classified into three types according to the OECD regional typology and into four types according to the extended...
The Role of Incentives in Co-operation Failures
David Bartolini
27 May 2013
There are many situations where the best outcome is reached through co-operation and co-ordination of agents’ actions. Although this is the best collective outcome, economic agents may fail to implement such co-operative strategy. The reason for this...
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Rotterdam/Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Olaf Merk and Theo Notteboom
14 May 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, an analysis of the impact of these ports on their territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines port performance...
Urbanisation and Green Growth in China
OECD
17 May 2013
This working paper assesses national policy and governance mechanisms that can influence green growth in Chinese cities. It applies the OECD conceptual framework for urban green growth to examine the potential challenges and opportunities for...
This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It first examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and...
Passing the Buck? Central and Sub-national Governments in Times of Fiscal Stress
Rudiger Ahrend, Marta Curto-Grau and Camila Vammalle
26 Mar 2013
The paper explores interrelations between the fiscal situation of sub-national and central governments, or – put differently – whether and how sub-national and central governments contribute to each other’s fiscal difficulties. The first part of the...
Creating Conditions for Effective Public Investment
Lee Mizell and Dorothée Allain-Dupré
19 Mar 2013
Growth and jobs are top concerns for policy makers confronting difficult economic conditions in many OECD countries. Sub-national governments are important contributors to national growth, but in many cases their economies are struggling as well....
Urban-to-Rural Population Growth Linkages
Paolo Veneri and Vicente Ruiz
13 Mar 2013
The objective of this paper is to better understand how the population growth rates of rural regions are affected by their closeness to urban regions and by the economic performance of the latter. By means of a cross-sectional analysis of OECD TL3...
Sub-national Finances and Fiscal Consolidation
Camila Vammalle and Claudia Hulbert
11 Mar 2013
Recent crises and national consolidation packages affected sub-national finances. In many OECD countries, central governments introduced reductions in transfers to sub-national governments, and established expenditure and/or deficit objectives to be...
The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Mersin, Turkey
Olaf Merk and Oguz Bagis
20 Feb 2013
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Mersin, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades...
Competitiveness of Port-Cities: The Case of Marseille-Fos, France
Olaf Merk and Claude Comtois
19 Dec 2012
This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Marseille-Fos, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines declining port performance over...