Title: Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage
Abstract: Introduction, Charlie Karlsson and Roger R. Stough. Part 1 Regional policy and location: agglomeration, economies of scale and dynamic specialization in a central place-system, Charlie Karlsson and Rolf Nilsson regional policy in the Internet age -the effects of technological change on regional development, Edward J. Malecki nomadic firms in a network economy - a comparative analysis and policy perspectives, Frank Bruinsma et al network co-evolution with cost-benefit rules - a simulation experiment, Kiyoshi Kobayashi et al policies or market incentives? major changes in the geographical sources of technology in the United States, 1945-1995, Luis Suarez-Villa. Part 2 Evaluating regional policy: regional policy evaluation and labour market adjustment, Ian Gordon the evaluation of UK regional policy - how much progress has been made, Jim Taylor counteracting the counterfactual - new evidence on the impact of local policy from the residuals, Paul Cheshire and Stefan Magrini the counterfactual path - defining the non-support activity level when estimating programme effects, Jan Monnesland a computable general equilibrium approach to the ex post evaluation of regional development agency policies, Gary Gillespie et al evaluation of regional policies - methods and empirical results, Maurice Basle et al evaluation of the employment effects of United Kingdom enterprise zones - a comparison of the impacts of new start-ups and inward investors, Barry Moore and Jonathan Potter rural areas in crisis? the role of the welfare state in income creation - the case of Denmark, Chris Jensen-Butler et al. Part 3 Regional policy - methodological approaches: methods for identifying functional regions - theory and applications, Charlie Karlsson and Michael Olsson European integration and international trade in manufacturing - productivity considerations and employment consequences, Kingsley E. Haynes and Mustafa Dinc regional development potentials and policy options for selected EU-regions, Jan S. Kowalski and Axel J. Schaffer deindustrialization and regional productivity - Swedish manufacturing industry, 1970-1990, Mats Johansson. Part 4 New concepts and perspectives: place surplus, exit, voice and loyalty, Roger Bolton capital and the regions - other concepts in need of evaluation, John Rees how can regional policies influence the location advantages of a region?, Borje Johansson.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-08-27
Language: en
Type: book
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