it can be argued that fuel and energy sector plays a crucial part in the countries' development and improvement of people's living standards, constituting a pillar of economic development for nations. electricity is considered as an infrastructure for economic, social and cultural development in a way that the growth in electric power is evaluated as an indicator for measuring the gro...

Utilizing the agglomeration growth theory in the regional economy development theory, this article observes and analyzes the general connotation, economic meaning, regional influence and local countermeasures for the regional economic integration in Shan’xi provincial Xi’an city and Xianyang city which are located in the western economic region of China from different views, and through the obs...

This paper, by using conditional directional distance functions as introduced by Simar and Vanhems [J. Econometrics 166 (2012) 342-354] modifies the model by Färe and Grosskopf [Eur. J. Operat. Res. 157 (2004) 242-245], examines the link between regional environmental efficiency and economic growth. The proposed model using conditional directional distance functions incorporates the effect of r...

Stimulation of the pace and formation structure regional economic growth is invariably one fundamental goals policy pursued by subjects federal state. In context cyclical development systems beginning regionalization economy world leader – United States America - problem spatial temporal differentiation choice priorities to stimulate becoming more urgent. Using methods regression modeling stati...

Official sub-national GDP figures in South Africa are usually published with long delays or not at all, i.e. relevant, reliable, and real-time economic data on a provincial local (municipal) level often non-existent, causing significant asymmetry the level. The search for an ‘optimal’ proxy regional growth focuses possible use of business confidence. This article, therefore, investigates confid...

Regions typically take great pride in having an airport within their boundaries. Policymakers go through lengths maintaining and sustaining airports, small as some of them may be. This support is often justified by pointing out the potential positive economic spin-off airport. study adds to body literature on role airports growth assessing link between air accessibility – with a focus smaller -...