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Theories of Endogenous Regional Growth

Lessons for Regional Policies

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Börje Johansson

    1. Economics Department, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden

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  2. Charlie Karlsson

    1. Economics Department, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden

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  3. Roger R. Stough

    1. The Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA

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  • The book develops and utilises a theoretical framework for analysing regional growth-policies as experienced in different parts of the world
  • It provides examples of how institutions and leadership can promote growth and how policy can direct resources towards growth
  • Education, R&D, infrastructure and other factors of the regional milieu are assessed

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Endogenous Regional Growth and Policies

      • Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger Stough
      Pages 3-13

  3. Endogenous Growth Theory Applied in a Regional Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Endogenous Growth Theory and the Role of Institutions in Regional Economic Development

      • Roger R. Stough
      Pages 17-48

    3. Social Processes, and Regional Economic Development

      • James W. Harrington Jr., Deron Ferguson
      Pages 49-76

    4. Regional Dynamics with Endogenous Knowledge in a Multi-Sector Model

      • Wei-Bin Zhang
      Pages 77-93

    5. Technology and Regional Development: Theory Revisited

      • John Rees
      Pages 94-110

    6. History, Spatial Structure, and Regional Growth: Lessons for Policy Making

      • Gunther Maier
      Pages 111-134

  4. Interregional Processes, Scale Economies and Agglomeration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Locational Advantage and Lessons for Territorial Competition in Europe

      • Ian Gordona, Paul Cheshire
      Pages 137-149

    3. Geographie Transaction Costs and Specialisation Opportunities of Small and Medium-Sized Regions: Scale Economies and Market Extension

      • Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson
      Pages 150-180

    4. Trade and Regional Development: International and Interregional Competitiveness in Brazil

      • Eduardo A. Haddad, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings
      Pages 181-208

    5. The Economic System of Small-to-Medium Sized Regions in Japan

      • Se-il Mun, Komei Sasaki
      Pages 209-230

    6. Agglomeration, Enterprise Size, and Productivity

      • Edward J. Feser
      Pages 231-251

  5. Functional Regions, Clustering and Local Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. The Learning Region and Territorial Production Systems

      • Denis Maillat, Leïla Kebir
      Pages 255-277

    3. Clustering and Economic Change: New Policy Orientations — The Case of Styria

      • Michael Steiner
      Pages 278-298

    4. The Italian Smallness Anomaly: Coexistence and Turbulence in the Market Structure

      • Dino Martellato
      Pages 299-314

    5. Knowledge Workers, Communication, and Spatial Diffusion

      • Niles Hansen
      Pages 315-329
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During the last two decades a new growth theory has emerged - often labelled "endogenous economic growth". The contributions in the book develop these advances into a theoretical framework for endogenous regional economic growth and explain the implications for regional economic policies in the perspective of the new century. Endogenous growth models can reflect increasing returns and hence refer more adequately to empirical observations than earlier models, and the models become policy relevant, because in endogenous growth models policy matters. Such policies comprise efforts to stimulate the growth of knowledge intensity of the labour supply and knowledge production in the form of R&D.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Economics Department, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden

    Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson

  • The Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA

    Roger R. Stough

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