Hard and Soft Determinants of Interregional Competition

Funck, Rolf H.

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“…This is a control variable for health and general wellbeing, which is related to better living conditions, as well as better human capital [26]. It is well established that quality of life and health is also an important driver for investment [33][34][35][36][37]. Other common indicators used are the number of doctors or hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants, which shows no only health, but also quality in health services, so it is highly used in growth studies [26].…”

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Private Investment and the Effects of Decentralisation and Regional Competition between Mexican Cities

Ibarra-Armenta¹

2018

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The increasing mobility of capital raises competition between territories in order to attract it within their jurisdiction. Since 1994, the decentralisation process in Mexico has been accelerated by providing municipalities with greater funds. In parallel, Mexican municipalities have participated more actively on policymaking. Both facts should have allowed municipalities to enhance competitive advantages and increase their attractiveness. In spite of the increasing resources and local participation in policymaking, their effects on investment growth have not been tested yet. In addition, even when municipal governments cannot offer significant pecuniary incentives to firms, they use other means to boost investment. The effects of such regional policies to attract firms have not been tested either. This work is aimed to find out the extent to which the funds exerted at the local level have induced private investment growth. In addition, the effects of regional competition are tested. A panel data analysis is carried out using data for 63 Metropolitan Areas/cities for the period 1993-2008. The estimations are divided into domestic and foreign firms, and total and manufacturing firms, in turn. The results suggest that, two major spending items, namely Economic fostering and subsidies, and Public infrastructure investment, have a substantial effect on private capital. Moreover, the effects are larger over foreign firms, especially in manufacturing. In addition, competition strategies matter for private investment growth.

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Private Investment and the Effects of Decentralisation and Regional Competition between Mexican Cities

Ibarra-Armenta¹

2018

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“…No obstante, la competencia se lleva a cabo no sólo entre regiones del mismo perfil productivo y especialización. También ocurre entre aquellas de diferente especialización productiva cuando las mismas se encuentran cercanas geográficamente y se incrementa en la medida que crece su integración económica interna (Funck, 2000;Cheshire, 1999). La competencia también aumenta con la liberalización comercial y la integración económica con otros países (Kresl, 1992).…”

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“…No obstante, aunque de forma natural todas las regiones busquen incrementar la productividad de su base económica y la calidad de vida de sus habitantes, algunas avanzan de manera más rápida. La liberalización comercial y de inversión, la integración de bloques regionales y la globalización económica en general, han intensificado lo que parece ser una competencia auténtica entre ciudades y regiones en el marco de las economías nacionales y a nivel global (Funck, 2000;Poot, 2000;Budd, 1998). Es así como se pone en perspectiva la existencia de esta disputa entre territorios para enmarcar el concepto de competencia territorial.…”

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Competencia territorial: un marco analítico para su estudio

Ibarra-Armenta

Trejo-Nieto

2014

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En el actual escenario económico dominado por una creciente globalización, la cual ha estado acompañada por un incremento relativo en la movilidad de los factores productivos, se ha puesto a debate el papel de los territorios y, particularmente, su necesidad de competir por éxito económico. En este contexto es relevante cuestionar qué motiva a que las regiones o ciudades compitan entre sí, cuáles son los mecanismos de competencia, qué actores participan, cuáles son los objetivos y sus consecuencias. Para dar respuesta a estas interrogantes, con base en una selectiva revisión de literatura, aquí se propone un esquema lógico para la sistematización del análisis de lo que es denominado competencia territorial, la cual es concebida como un proceso intrínsecamente ligado a un concepto de espectro y alcance bastante amplio en la literatura conocido como competitividad.

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Rolf Funck (1930–2015): Developing Regional Science in Europe

Constantin

2020

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Hard and Soft Determinants of Interregional Competition

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Private Investment and the Effects of Decentralisation and Regional Competition between Mexican Cities

Private Investment and the Effects of Decentralisation and Regional Competition between Mexican Cities

Competencia territorial: un marco analítico para su estudio

Rolf Funck (1930–2015): Developing Regional Science in Europe

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