Knowledge Economy Indicators and Their Impact on the Sustainable Competitiveness of the EU Countries

Širá, Elena; Vavrek, Roman; Vozárová, Ivana Kravčáková; Kotulič, Rastislav

doi:10.3390/su12104172

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“…We highlight the relationship between a country's level of development and the multiple aspects of transport infrastructure and how government development strategies can affect the impact of transport infrastructure on economic growth. Our results are relevant for policymakers in developing countries and sustainable infrastructure development under the paradigm of Industry 4.0 [41][42][43].…”

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Transport Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth in China: Recent Evidence from Dynamic Panel System-GMM Analysis

Lin

Caihui

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China’s growth miracle has been accompanied by a great leap forward in the development of transport infrastructure. This study examines and compares impacts from the quantity, quality, and structural aspects of transport infrastructure on regional economic growth in China as the country approaches an upper-middle income status. We also incorporate government’s development strategies into the framework for evaluating the growth effect of China’s transport infrastructure. Using a consistent and robust dynamic panel data system generalized method of moments (system-GMM) estimation for identification, we find strong evidence confirming that transport infrastructure contributes to regional economic growth in China during the period 2007–2015, as the country approaches its upper-middle income status. In particular, quality improvements in roads and railways and the structural upgrading of transport infrastructure significantly contribute to growth. However, we do not find that quantity expansion of the overall land transport network has a significant impact. Moreover, government development strategies that defy local comparative advantages not only detract from the growth rate but also potentially restrict the contribution of transport infrastructure. Lastly, the regional heterogeneity for Western China may differ across transport modes, particularly with respect to goods versus passenger transport and roadways versus railways.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 81%

Transport Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth in China: Recent Evidence from Dynamic Panel System-GMM Analysis

Lin

Caihui

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…As the data on individual indicators are of a different nature (stimulating and nonstimulating factors), and the countries reached different values in the observed period, it is problematic to compare countries on the basis of such data. In addition, for some indicators, countries had individual targets [13,63]. Thus, the evaluation of absolute values does not allow us comparability.…”

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Sustainable Development in EU Countries in the Framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy

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The Europe 2020 Strategy was proposed with a long-term vision to ensure prosperity, development, and competitiveness for the member countries. This strategy is divided into three main areas named “growth.” One of these is sustainable growth. This is an area of sustainability, where the partial targets are referred to as the “20-20-20 approach,” and includes a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, an increase in energy efficiency, and the sharing of renewable energy sources. However, questions arise, including: How do member states meet these targets? Which countries are leaders in this area? According to these stated questions, the aim of this article is to assess how EU countries are meeting the set targets for sustainable growth resulting from the Europe 2020 strategy and to identify the countries with the best results in this area. We looked for answers to these questions in the analysis of sustainable indicators, which were transformed into a synthetic measure for comparability of the resulting values. Finally, we identified the Baltic states, Nordic countries (European Union members), Romania, and Croatia as the best countries in fulfilling the sustainable growth aims. As sustainable development and resource efficiency are crucial areas for the future, it is important to consider these issues.

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“…These theoretical analyzes have been applied to different scientific fields. Thus, there are studies on regional inequalities applied to the economic [11], health [12], socio-economic [13], and those that are related to the evolution of certain indicators related to sustainability, competitiveness and the knowledge economy [14]. Currently, it is observed how most of the scientific literature focuses on the study of the environment issues at a global level and, more particularly, on the development of renewable energy sources in Europe [15][16][17][18][19].…”

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Evaluation of the Effects on Regional Production and Employment in Spain of the Renewable Energy Plan 2011–2020

2021

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The Renewable Energy Plan for the period 2011–2020 established as a general goal to ensure that renewable sources represent at least 20% of final energy consumption in 2020, together with a minimum contribution of 10% from renewable energy sources in transportation for that year. Then, the goal of this research is to evaluate the effects of the regional production of clean energy, identifying the employment generated in the renewable sector. The adopted methodology was the shift-share analysis, frequently used by researchers to analyze territorial differences. Main results showed important differences, at regional level, in the production of this type of energy. Likewise, we used constant shift and constant share methodology to make a forecast on the evolution of the sector from the data of last published years. Pending the approval of the new Renewable Energy Plan for the period 2021–2030, the results obtained in this research allow the identification of the regions that showed a favorable evolution to the energy change and identifies the projects that generate employment and production in the sector.

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Knowledge Economy Indicators and Their Impact on the Sustainable Competitiveness of the EU Countries

Cited by 44 publications

References 63 publications

Transport Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth in China: Recent Evidence from Dynamic Panel System-GMM Analysis

Transport Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth in China: Recent Evidence from Dynamic Panel System-GMM Analysis

Sustainable Development in EU Countries in the Framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy

Evaluation of the Effects on Regional Production and Employment in Spain of the Renewable Energy Plan 2011–2020

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