Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories

Roberta Capello, Peter Nijkamp

Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2010 - Business & Economics - 544 pages

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Contents

• regional growth and development theories in the twentyfirst century recent theoretical advances and future challenges: 1
• PART I GROWTH THEORIES AND SPACE: 17
• a historical review: 19
• 2 Space growth and development: 33
• 3 Locationallocation of regional growth: 53
• 4 Regional growth and trade in the new economic geography and other recent theories: 66
• agglomeration benefits and transportation costs: 86
• REGIONAL PRODUCTION FACTORS: 99
• production theory approaches: 101
• 7 Territorial capital and regional development: 118
• 8 Human capital and regional development: 133
• 9 Infrastructure and regional development: 152
• 10 Entrepreneurship and regional development: 182
• INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE AND SPACE: 199
• 11 Knowledge spillovers entrepreneurship and regional development: 201
• 12 RD spillovers and regional growth: 211
• 13 Knowledge and regional development: 239
• theoretical perspectives and metaanalysis: 256
• 15 Sustainable development and regional growth: 282
• PART IV REGIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT MEASUREMENT METHODS: 303
• 16 Measuring agglomeration: 305
• 17 Measuring the regional divide: 329
• 18 Measuring regional endogenous growth: 354
• heterogeneous reaction versus interaction in spatial econometric approaches: 374
• a survey: 389
• 21 Modern regional inputoutput and impact analyses: 423
• PART V REGIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES: 441
• 22 Institutions and regional development: 443
• rationale foundations and measurement of its effects: 461
• the case of India: 479
• do special economic zones matter?: 495
• Index: 525

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories; Elgar Original Reference Series
• Editors: Roberta Capello, Peter Nijkamp
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
• ISBN: 1848445989, 9781848445987
• Length: 544 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development; Political Science / Public Policy / Regional Planning