This paper evaluates the extent of interindustry, and inter-regional wage spillovers across the UK. A large literature exists suggesting that wages elsewhere affect wage determination and levels of satisfaction, but this paper extends the analysis to examine the effects of inward investment in the process. Thus far the specific effect of foreign wages on domestic wage determination has not been...

We present a new estimator for causal effects with panel data that builds on insights behind the widely used difference-in-differences and synthetic control methods. Relative to these methods we find, both theoretically empirically, this “synthetic difference-in-differences” has desirable robustness properties, it performs well in settings where conventional estimators are commonly practice. st...

Partisanship of state governors affects the efficacy US federal fiscal policy. Using close election data, we find partisan differences in marginal propensity to spend intergovernmental transfers: Republican less than Democratic governors. Correspondingly, Republican-led states have lower debt, (delayed) taxes, and initially economic activity. A New Keynesian model a monetary union implies sizab...

New technologies tend to exert a profound influence on modern city life. This paper addresses the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the city. After a broad overview of the potential of ICT in a geographical setting and its possible impact on urban policy in regard to the ICT sector, the paper focusses attention on urban public policy in regard to the ICT sector. This s...

State incentive granting for the purpose of firm retention or recruitment remains highly controversial and is often portrayed as antithetical to long-range economic development planning. This paper uses quasi-experimental methods to measure the impact of state-level economic development incentives on employment growth at the establishment level in North Carolina. Using North Carolina’s rich his...

To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax are, therefore, highest for firms after downturns, potentially hampering labor-market recovery. Using full-population, administrative records from Florida, I estimate the effect of these increases firm behavior leveraging a regression kink design schedule. hikes reduce hiring and employment...

Developing strategic areas utilizing existing potential will increase regional economic growth, overcome disparities, and reduce poverty. This study aims to determine the efficiency of district area development in reducing disparities poverty rates Dharmasraya Regency for 2016-2020 period. The results Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) analysis, using assumption that input changes are directly pro...

Les notions de « parcours patient », soins », sante », vie » sont aujourd’hui largement mobilisees et reprises dans les discours discussions politiques professionnels autour l’amelioration la prise en charge des patients (Porter, 2010). Dans le domaine managerial, mobilisation ces souffre d’une importante faiblesse conceptuelle. Peu reflexions empiriques ou scientifiques permettent definir prec...