@techreport{Tondl2003What,
abstract = {This paper analyses regional growth in Eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional
disparities sharply increased. We aim to identify the factors behind growth and investigate in
particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and innovation as well as geographical factors in
a model of economic growth. The key relationships are estimated with spatial econometric tools on
empirical data for the period 1995-2000. We find that foreign direct investment was paramount for
growth in that period. EU border regions and capital areas clearly outperformed others. Further,
regional growth clusters have appeared. Surprisingly, the high level of secondary education played no
role to growth. Higher education, in contrast, was important, also for technology transfer.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Gabriele Tondl and Goran Vuksic},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {R11; P25; C21; F15; 330; Regional growth; Eastern Europe; foreign direct investment; education; spatial econometrics; Regionales Wachstum; Regionale Entwicklung; Entwicklungskonvergenz; Direktinvestition; Humankapital; Geo},
language = {eng},
number = {B 12-2003},
publisher = {ZEI},
title = {What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? The role of foreign investment, human resources and geography},
type = {ZEI working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/39510},
year = {2003}
}
