Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation
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Data de Publicação: | 1996 |
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Idioma: | eng |
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Resumo: | A dynamic central place model due to BECKMANN (1995) is used to evaluate the efficiency of the regional decentralisation in Portugal. The location of administrative functions depends on the interplay of economies of scale (which promote spatial concentration) and transport costs (which lead to decentralisation). Therefore it is shown that the efficient rate of decentralisation has an upper bound which depends directly on the rate of increase of aggregate product in the peripheral regions and depends inversely on the rise of fixed costs of establishing new public services there. The problem associated with regional decentralisation lies in that the institutional format is quite uniform across regions although the demographic and economic growth rates vary considerably. Any common level of decentralisation which fits a region will be inadequate for the others. In order to overcome this flaw, regional administrative structures should be flexible and the regional division of the country should lead to the minimisation of interregional asymmetries. |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisationEconomies of ScaleRegionalisationRegional PolicyRegional DecentralisationEconomic GrowthPortugalA dynamic central place model due to BECKMANN (1995) is used to evaluate the efficiency of the regional decentralisation in Portugal. The location of administrative functions depends on the interplay of economies of scale (which promote spatial concentration) and transport costs (which lead to decentralisation). Therefore it is shown that the efficient rate of decentralisation has an upper bound which depends directly on the rate of increase of aggregate product in the peripheral regions and depends inversely on the rise of fixed costs of establishing new public services there. The problem associated with regional decentralisation lies in that the institutional format is quite uniform across regions although the demographic and economic growth rates vary considerably. Any common level of decentralisation which fits a region will be inadequate for the others. In order to overcome this flaw, regional administrative structures should be flexible and the regional division of the country should lead to the minimisation of interregional asymmetries.ISEG - Departamento de EconomiaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaPontes, José Pedro2021-12-10T11:11:43Z19961996-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22688engPontes, José Pedro. 1996. " Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 6 -1996/DEinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:52:15Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/22688Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:07:03.140232Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation Pontes, José Pedro Economies of Scale Regionalisation Regional Policy Regional Decentralisation Economic Growth Portugal |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation |
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Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation |
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Pontes, José Pedro |
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Pontes, José Pedro |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Pontes, José Pedro |
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Economies of Scale Regionalisation Regional Policy Regional Decentralisation Economic Growth Portugal |
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Economies of Scale Regionalisation Regional Policy Regional Decentralisation Economic Growth Portugal |
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A dynamic central place model due to BECKMANN (1995) is used to evaluate the efficiency of the regional decentralisation in Portugal. The location of administrative functions depends on the interplay of economies of scale (which promote spatial concentration) and transport costs (which lead to decentralisation). Therefore it is shown that the efficient rate of decentralisation has an upper bound which depends directly on the rate of increase of aggregate product in the peripheral regions and depends inversely on the rise of fixed costs of establishing new public services there. The problem associated with regional decentralisation lies in that the institutional format is quite uniform across regions although the demographic and economic growth rates vary considerably. Any common level of decentralisation which fits a region will be inadequate for the others. In order to overcome this flaw, regional administrative structures should be flexible and the regional division of the country should lead to the minimisation of interregional asymmetries. |
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1996 |
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1996 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2021-12-10T11:11:43Z |
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Pontes, José Pedro. 1996. " Central places and development : an economic appraisal of the portuguese regional decentralisation". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 6 -1996/DE |
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