Arbeitspapier
On the Economics of Regional Powers: Comparing China, India, Brazil, and South Africa
As the conception of and debates on regional powers have been led by political science, this pa-per aims to contribute to the discussion from an economics perspective. Based on the discussion of different concepts of economic power - such as those of Schumpeter, Perroux, Predöhl, or Kindleberger - concepts of technological leadership, and the global value chain approaches, the paper develops a research framework for the economics of regional powers. This framework is then tested using descriptive statistics as well as regressions analysis, with a focus on the four regional powers Brazil, China, India, and South Africa. As economic power is relational, the re-lationship of regional powers to other nations in the region is analyzed. According to the findings, only limited statements on the economics of regional powers are possible: a regional power can be described as an economy with a relatively large population and land area which plays a dominant role in trade within the region and in the regional governance. The regional power develops its technological capacities, and its businesses act regionally and globally with increasing strength.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: GIGA Working Papers ; No. 145
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
History of Economic Thought since 1925: Other
Econometrics
Empirical Studies of Trade
Economic Integration
Multinational Firms; International Business
International Relations and International Political Economy: Other
- Thema
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Brazil
China
economic geography
economic leadership
economic power
growth
India
investment
public goods
regional powers
regression analysis
South Africa
technological change
value chain
trade
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kappel, Robert
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Hamburg
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2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kappel, Robert
- German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Entstanden
- 2010