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The Economic Theory and the Portuguese Manufactured Industry

This work aims to compare the Keynesian theory, namely by the Verdoorn Law, the neoclassical theory, by the absolute convergence, and the geographic concentration, by the Rybczynski equation, explanations about the different manufactured industry of the Portuguese regions (NUTs II), for the period 1986-1994. The Verdoorn Law, is tested with the alternative specifications of Kaldor (1966. The absolute convergence is tested for the productivity. To analyze the geographic concentration, with Rybczynski equation, is tested the importance which the natural advantages and local resources are in the manufacturing industry location, in relation with the "spillovers" effects and industrial policies.

Language
Englisch

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
Subject
Verdoorn law
convergence theories
geographic concentration
panel data
manufactured industries
Portuguese regions

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
(where)
Kiel und Hamburg
(when)
2011-11-16T14:23:06Z

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  • Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues
  • ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

Time of origin

  • 2011-11-16T14:23:06Z

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