Handbook of regional growth and development theories

In recent years, economic crises, regional fragmentation trends, radical technological innovation and the failures of regional policies have expanded the knowledge horizon of experts in regional growth and development. This fully updated, revised and expanded Second Edition contains ten new chapters...

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Other Authors: Capello, Roberta (Editor), Nijkamp, Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Pub. 2019, 2019
Edition:Revised and extended second edition
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Preface to the second edition: Novelties and advances / Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp
  • Part I: Growth theories and space
  • 1. Theories of agglomeration and regional economic growth: A historical review / Philip McCann and Frank van Oort
  • 2. Space, growth and development: A historical perspective and recent advances / Roberta Capello
  • 3. Location/allocation of regional growth / Gunther Maier and Michaela Trippl
  • 4. Regional growth and trade in the new economic geography and other recent theories / Kieran P. Donaghy
  • 5. Leadership, institutions and regional economic development and growth / Roger Stough
  • Part II: Development theories: Regional production factors
  • 6. Agglomeration, productivity and regional growth: Production theory approaches / Jeffrey P. Cohen, Cletus C. Coughlin, and Catherine J. Morrison Paul
  • 7. Territorial capital and regional development: Theoretical insights and appropriate policies / Roberto Camagni
  • Rationale, foundations and measurement of effects / Jouke van Dijk, Henk Folmer and Jan Oosterhaven
  • 27. Regional policy models: A review / Ana M. B. Barufi and Eduardo A. Haddad
  • 28. Quantitative evaluation techniques for regional policies / Augusto Cerqua and Guido Pellegrini
  • 29. The regional adjustment model: An instrument of evidence-based policy / John I. Carruthers and Gordon F. Mulligan
  • 30. Economic decline and public intervention: Do special economic zones matter? / Peter Friedrich and Chang Woon Nam
  • Index
  • Regional growth and development measurement methods
  • 19. Measuring agglomeration / Ryohei Nakamura and Catherine J. Morrison Paul
  • 20. Investigating endogenous regional performance / Robert J Stimson, William Mitchell, Michael Flanagan, and Alistair Robson
  • 21. Spatial-economic disparities and convergence / Stilianos Alexiadis
  • 22. Heterogeneous reaction versus interaction in spatial econometric regional growth and convergence models / Julie Le Gallo and Ertur Cem
  • 23. CGE modelling in space:a survey / Kieran P. Donaghy
  • 24. Modern regional input-output and impact analyses / Jan Oosterhaven, Karen R. Polenske and Geoffrey J. D. Hewings
  • Part V: Regional growth and development policies
  • 25. Institutions and regional development / T.R. Lakshmanan and Ken J. Button
  • Development theories: Innovation, knowledge and space
  • 12. Theories of innovation in space: Path-breaking achievements in regional science / Roberta Capello
  • 13. Innovation and space. Achievements and prospects / Camilla Lenzi
  • 14. R&D spillovers and regional development/growth / Daria Denti
  • 15. Regional development and knowledge / Borje Johansson and Charlie Karlsson
  • 16. Territorial development and proximity relations / André Torre
  • 17. Sustainable development and regional growth revisited / Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and Peter Nijkamp