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The Net Effect of Wealth on Health for Non-Communicable Diseases
(Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny, 2022-09)
The wealth–health relationship is not unambiguous and constant. Indeed, a higher level of
wealth affects individual and population health in two opposite ways. Increased risk factors
raise the probability of some diseases ...
Improved asymptotic analysis of Gaussian QML estimators in spatial models
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology, 2017-12)
This paper presents a fundamentally improved statement on asymptotic behaviour of the well-known Gaussian QML estimator of parameters in high-order mixed regressive/autoregressive spatial model. We generalize the approach ...
Regional effectiveness of innovation – leaders and followers of the EU NUTS 0 and NUTS 2 regions
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology, 2017-05)
Innovation constitutes an important factor for growth in all EU countries. Regions of the EU play a principle role in shaping new innovation trajectories and in bringing out the hidden potential for national growth. However, ...
Spatial econometric approach to western diseases modelling
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, 2016-07)
For years now, developed countries face an epidemic of high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, risk factors related to heart and circulatory disease, and a suite of psychological disorders ranging from depression, ...
Economic Development and the Spread of Diseases of Affluence in EU Regions
(Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, 2016-07)
Diseases of affluence (diseases of the XXI c., Western diseases) by definition should have higher prevalence and/or mortality rates in richer and more developed countries than in poorer, underdeveloped states. Therefore, ...
Tracing The Spatial Patterns Of Innovation Determinants In Regional Economic Performance
(2020-03-20)
This paper investigates factors of innovation and their role in regional economic performance
for a sample of 261 EU NUTS 2 regions over 2009–2012. In our study, we identify regions with
spillover as well as drain effects ...