Tag: R10

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Athanasios PAPADASKALOPOULOS

Professor, Panteion University, Athens, Greece ,Regional Development Institute

pdask@panteion.gr

Panagiotis NIKOLOPOULOS

PhD Candidate, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

p.g.nikolopoulos@panteion.gr

Abstract

The role of social capital in the development process is rendered essential by the intervention of local authorities, local initiatives, relations and networking. In this article is attempted the association of the means of social capital, such as the information transfer, relations of trust, networking, and cooperation, with the main instruments of regional policy, which endogenous growth strategy utilises. Instruments, such as industrial districts, technological parks, local productive systems, business clusters, creative cities, etc. are based on the utilisation of local social capital, which is a prerequisite for a viable application of the endogenous growth and local development policies. The aim of this paper is to examine the relation between endogenous growth and social capital in the configuration of a local development strategy.

Keywords: social capital, economic development, regional development, endogenous growth, local development

JEL classification: O10, R10, Z13
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EXAMINING THE EXISTENCE OF CO2 EMISSION PER CAPITA CONVERGENCE IN EAST ASIA

Kenichi SHIMAMOTO

Hirao School of Management, Konan University, Nishinomiya, Japan
Correspondence details: Dr. Kenichi Shimamoto Hirao School of Management, Konan University, 8-33 Takamatsu-cho,  Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan 663-8204

kenichi@center.konan-u.ac.jp

Abstract

The ‘flying geese’ model of industrial upgrading depicts the income convergence or economic development convergence in East Asia. However, how does this convergence of economic development effect the environment? The surge in the consumption of fossil fuel is causing a large increase in emission of CO2. Global warming affected by CO2 emission poses as a serious threat to East Asian countries with large coastal areas exposed to the rise in sea level. This paper examines CO2 emission per capita to investigate the existence of environmental convergence in East Asian countries and predicts future distribution using deviations, interquartile range, kernel densities distribution, time series approach, β convergence analysis and the Markov chain approach. As a result, no meaningful evidence of convergence was found in the historical evaluation and a non-compressed ergodic distribution was found in the future prediction for CO2 emission.

Keywords: environmental convergence, East Asia, CO2

JEL classification: Q53, Q56, R10

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INDICATORS AND A MECHANISM TO ENSURE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE REGIONS

Irina V. CHISTNIKOVA

сandidate of Economic Sciences, аssociate Professor at the Department of economics and the modeling of production processes, Belgorod State National Research University

Chistnikova@bsu.edu.ru

Marina V. ANTONOVA

сandidate of Economic Sciences, аssociate Professor at the Department of finance and customs income, Belgorod University of Cooperation, Economics and Law

Antonovamv@yandex.ru

Svetlana V. YAKIMCHUK

сandidate of Economic Sciences, аssociate Professor at the Department of economics and the modeling of production processes, Belgorod State National Research University

Yakimchuk@bsu.edu.ru

Anastasia S. GLOTOVA

сandidate of Economic Sciences, аssociate Professor at the Department of economics and the modeling of production processes, Belgorod State National Research University

Glotova@bsu.edu.ru

Yevgeniy A. DYNNIKOV

сandidate of Economic Sciences, аssociate Professor at the Department of economics and the modeling of production processes, Belgorod State National Research University

Dynnikov@bsu.edu.ru

Abstract

Economic security of regions is one of the most important components of national security of the state, for any state it is important to solve the problem of ensuring their economic security. To ensure the economic security of the regions it is necessary to develop mechanism and indicators. In article the system of indicators of economic security of the region. Considered signs of classification of the regions to identify threshold levels of performance indicators of economic security. The proposed mechanism of ensuring economic security of the region, the algorithm of development strategy of economic security, the stages of formation of system of economic security of the region.

Keywords: Economic security of the region, indicators of economic security, economic security, the region’s economy

JEL classification: O20, P25, R10

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