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Europe's missing driver of economic growth

Institutions are an important ingredient for economic growth. Using data from European regions for the period 1999-2013, this column shows that government quality matters for regional gro...

How will regional inequality affect the European economy?

Inequality among cities and regions in the developed world – after falling in the 1990s from high levels in 1980 – has turned sharply up again since beginning of the millennium. Many smal...

We might have got the relationship between cities and economic growth wrong

Urban concentration is typically deemed to lead to greater national economic growth. This column challenges this view, using an original dataset covering 68 countries over the past three ...

Which policies are best at boosting innovation?

Do large cities foster innovation?

Does cultural diversity boost entrepreneurship?

Does independence make countries wealthier?

How Spain can escape the unemployment trap