The Historical Origins of Regional Economic Inequality in Spain: The Cultural Legacy of Political Institutions

2015 ◽  
pp. 79-111
Author(s):  
David Soto-Oñate
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
Historical Origins

Fiscal Arrangements for Maintaining an Effective State in Canada

10.1068/c0052 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M Bird ◽  
François Vaillancourt
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Diverse Population ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Basic Change ◽  
Considerable Success ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
World Environment ◽  
Uniform Treatment

Canada is a large and regionally diverse country. Over the years complex intergovernmental fiscal arrangements have been developed in order to permit relatively uniform treatment of people living in very different provinces. These arrangements have on the whole been successful in delivering services effectively to a diverse population, but they have more likely perpetuated than reduced regional economic inequality. From a political perspective, the results have been equally mixed. The system has worked in that the country has stayed together, grown respectably, and treated most citizens well and surprisingly uniformly. But the way in which this success has been achieved has reduced Canada's ability as a state to cope with the rapidly changing world environment and may, in the end, have strengthened rather than weakened regional separatism. Despite Canada's considerable success to date in adapting its system of fiscal federalism to cope with both political and economic imperatives, it thus remains unclear how long this fiscal juggling act can be continued without some more basic change in political institutions.

scholarly journals The allocation of special autonomy funds and their impact on regional economic inequality in Papua Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 473 ◽  
pp. 012031
Author(s):  
Y W Tamberan ◽  
M A Tawakal ◽  
S Betaubun ◽  
F Lamalewa ◽  
E L R Kore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Regional Economic

scholarly journals Economic Inequality and Poverty in Modern Russian Society

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-304
Author(s):  
Anna I. Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
Poverty Lines ◽  
Modern Russian

The article shows social indicators of the level of socio-economic inequality prevailing in Russia in recent decades; specific poverty lines and categories of the poor in Russian society are revealed; the regional nature of poverty is highlighted. It is concluded that the main causes of Russian poverty lie in the organization of the economic sphere of society and the activities of political institutions.

scholarly journals Economic Inequality in Coastal Area of Bengkulu Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
Nola Windirah ◽  
Muhamad Mustopa Romdhon ◽  
Satria Putra Utama ◽  
Reflis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Economic Disparities

The issue of economic inequality is still a major issue in development in the coastal areas of Bengkulu Province. The region's high economic growth (5.3%) was eroded by the high rate of inflation (5%), the economy grew only 0.3 - 0.5%. The question is whether the decreasing of Bengkulu Province's economic growth due to inflation has contributed to regional economic inequality, on the coast of Bengkulu Province specifically ? The data analysis method used to assess the level of economic inequality is the Williamson Index. The results indicated that the economic growth (Gross Regional Domestic Product - GRDP) in coastal areas was lower than in non-coastal areas. Economic disparities between coastal and non-coastal areas in Bengkulu Province for the 2010-2013 period widened, however inequality in coastal areas was smaller than in non-coastal areas.

scholarly journals Agglomeration and Spatial Spillover Effects of Regional Economic Growth in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Li ◽  
Guangdong Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Regional Economic Growth ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Spatial Spillover ◽  
Economic Agglomeration ◽  
Spatial Spillover Effects

As the processes of globalization and localization deepen, spatial externalities of economic growth are becoming increasingly apparent. The agglomeration mechanisms and spillover effects of China’s regional economic growth are also gradually gaining attention. Nevertheless, there is a continuing lack of research at the prefecture and county levels. As a result, building on the foundations of new economic geography and centered on the concept of market potential, this paper used spatial econometrics and panel data from Chinese counties to calculate inequality in the economic growth of counties at the prefecture level for the period 1992–2013. It also investigated the agglomeration versus economic inequality trade-off as well as quantitatively measuring spatial spillover effects at the county and prefecture level in China. The results showed that economic agglomeration, represented by market potential, had a significant influence on economic growth at the prefecture level in China. In addition, economic agglomeration exacerbated regional economic inequality, but economic inequality within a controllable range was found to have a positive influence on economic growth. Thus, there is a trade-off between economic growth and economic agglomeration. Economic growth at the prefecture level in China is not yet free of the effects of basic factors of production, and direct spillover effects, represented by market potential, have the most significant and strongest positive influence on economic growth. Moreover, it was found that the economic growth of prefectures was inseparable from the random impacts of surrounding prefectures and that it was also affected by indirect spatial spillover effects. On the whole, the rational use of the benefits of regional economic agglomeration and spillover effects, the gradual removal of market barriers, and the transformation of the development of prefecture-level economic growth will be the keys to prefecture-level economic development in the future.

The Japanese Domestic Scene and Foreign Policy

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Scalapino
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
Japanese Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign Policies

Ours is an era when the relation between a nation's domestic condition and its foreign policies has become increasingly close. Japan is no exception. That nation's post-1945 leadership, political institutions, and economic policies have combined with a cultural legacy, modified but still influential, to provide the foundations of contemporary Japanese foreign policy. While aspects of that foreign policy are now under intensive review and may undergo substantial alterations in the years immediately ahead, such development cannot diverge greatly from the indigenous sources that provide them with support.

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