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Cohesion Policy and Inequality Dynamics: Insights from a Heterogeneous Agents Macroeconomic Model

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  • Herbert Dawid

    (Department of Business Administration and Economics and Institute of Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University, Germany)

  • Philipp Harting

    (Department of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University, Germany)

  • Michael Neugart

    (Department of Law and Economics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)

Abstract

Regions within the European Union differ substantially not only with respect to per capita GDP, but also with respect to income inequality within the regions. This paper studies the effects of different types of technology-oriented cohesion policies, aiming at the reduction of regional differences, on the convergence of regions and the dynamics of income inequality within regions. In particular, policies are analyzed using a two-region agent-based macroeconomic model – the Eurace@Unibi model – where firms in the lagging region receive subsidies for investment in physical capital. It is demonstrated that the short-, medium- and long-term effects of the policies on per-capita output and between as well as within regional inequality differ substantially depending on how successful the policy is in incentivizing firms to choose best available capital vintages and on how flexible labor markets are in the targeted region.

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  • Herbert Dawid & Philipp Harting & Michael Neugart, 2014. "Cohesion Policy and Inequality Dynamics: Insights from a Heterogeneous Agents Macroeconomic Model," Gecomplexity Discussion Paper Series 5, Action IS1104 "The EU in the new complex geography of economic systems: models, tools and policy evaluation", revised Apr 2014.
    • Handle: RePEc:cst:wpaper:5
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    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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