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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Handbooks and manuals Handbooks, manuals, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Handbook of regional growth and development theories. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2009 (DLC) 2008017423 (OCoLC)226966463 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roberta Capello; Peter Nijkamp |
ISBN: | 9781848445987 1848445989 1847205062 9781847205063 1282295543 9781282295544 |
OCLC Number: | 319902701 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 529 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Theories of agglomeration and regional economic growth: a historical review / Philip McCann and Frank van Oort -- Space, growth and development / Roberta Capello -- Location/allocation of regional growth / Gunther Maier and Michaela Trippl -- Regional growth and trade in the new economic geography and other recent theories / Kieran P. Donaghy -- Endogenous growth theories: agglomeration benefits and transportation costs / G. Alfredo Minerva and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano -- Agglomeration, productivity and regional growth: production theory approaches / Jeffrey P. Cohen and Catherine J. Morrison Paul -- Territorial capital and regional development / Roberto Camagni -- Human capital and regional development / Alessandra Faggian and Philip McCann -- Infrastructure and regional development / Johannes Bröcker and Piet Rietveld -- Entrepreneurship and regional development / Manfred M. Fischer and Peter Nijkamp -- Knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship and regional development / David B. Audretsch and T. Taylor Aldridge -- R & D spillovers and regional growth / Daria Denti -- Knowledge and regional development / Börje Johansson and Charlie Karlsson -- Agglomeration externalities, innovation and regional growth: theoretical perspectives and meta-analysis / Henri L.F. de Groot, Jacques Poot and Martijn J. Smit -- Sustainable development and regional growth / Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and Peter Nijkamp -- Measuring agglomeration / Ryohei Nakamura and Catherine J. Morrison Paul -- Measuring the regional divide / Roberto Ezcurra and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose -- Measuring regional endogenous growth / Robert J. Stimson, Alistair Robson and Tung-Kai Shyy -- Regional growth and convergence: heterogeneous reaction versus interaction in spatial econometric approaches / Cem Ertur and Julie Le Gallo -- CGE modeling in space: a survey / Kieran P. Donaghy -- Modern regional input/output and impact analyses / Jan Oosterhaven and Karen R. Polenske -- Institutions and regional development / T.R. Lakshmanan and Ken J. Button -- Regional policy: rationale, foundations and measurement of its effects / Jouke van Dijk, Henk Folmer and Jan Oosterhaven -- New regional policies for less developed areas: the case of India / Maria Abreu and Maria Savona -- Economic decline and public intervention: do special economic zones matter? / Peter Friedrich and Chang Woon Nam. |
Responsibility: | edited by Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp. |
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"Regional economics is back on the stage!" This wonderful statement, inspiring pride and confidence, is the starting sentence of the stunning Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories recently launched by the prestigious Edward Elgar Publishing. . . The editors. . . offer us a collection of cutting-edge theories explaining regional growth and local development in the twenty-first century. . . The whole book is so brimful of ideas, methodologies and case studies that will certainly stimulate fruitful debates and further insights in the international regional science research arena. It is a source of reference and information for both scholars and students, which deserves widespread circulation and recognition. I express my humble admiration and congratulations to the editors and all contributors, accompanied by sincere thanks to the marketing department [of Edward Elgar Publishing] for the gracefully enabled privilege of reviewing this authoritative handbook.' -- Daniela-Luminita Constantin, Romanian Journal of Regional Science 'This Handbook is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the explanation of economic growth in the space economy. . . The editors and the individual contributors are to be congratulated on producing such an important collection of review essays which is destined to become one of the definitive reference books on the subject.' -- John McCombie, Scienze Regionali '. . . offers a valuable up-to-date overview of many aspects of these important theoretical developments.' -- Peter Wood, Environment & Planning B 'The book contains a wealth of leading-edge material on regional growth and development issues and provides a good historical review of the dominant mainstream theories. This Handbook will be a valuable asset to any graduate student, researcher, regional planner, or policymaker interested in regional economic issues.' -- Laura Lamb, Review of Regional Studies Read more...


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