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Regional policy
About: Regional policy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4214 publications have been published within this topic receiving 68169 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse different types of regions with respect to their preconditions for innovation, networking and innovation barriers and develop different policy options and strategies based on this classification.
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TL;DR: In this article, a potentially significant theoretical convergence is underway between the two hitherto distinct fields of innovation studies and economic geography through the prism of the 'learning region' through the work of evolutionary politicial economy, highlighting the significance for regional development of the interactive model of innovation.
Abstract: MORGAN K. (1997) The learning region: institutions, innovation and regional renewal, Reg. Studies 31, 491-503. A potentially significant theoretical convergence is underway between the two hitherto distinct fields of innovation studies and economic geography. Through the prism of the 'learning region' this paper examines some of the theoretical and policy implications of this convergence. Drawing on the work of evolutionary politicial economy, it highlights the significance for regional development of the interactive model of innovation. The paper then proceeds to examine the policy implication of this model by focusing, first, on a new generation of EU regional policy measures and, second, on a case study of regional innovation strategy in Wales. Finally, the paper offers a critical assessment of the distributional consequences of this strategy, posing the question: is regional innovation policy enough to address the socio-economic problems of old industrial regions? MORGAN K. (1997) La region d'apprenti...
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TL;DR: Themes and issues in multi-level governance are discussed in this article, where the authors compare different visions of multi-Level Governance and Meta-Governance. But they do not discuss the relationship between the two levels of governance.
Abstract: Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Acronyms Foreword 1. Themes and Issues in Multi-Level Governance PART 1: THEORY 2. Contrasting Visions of Multi-Level Governance 3. Strong Demand, Huge Supply 4. Multi-Level Governance and Multi-Level Meta-Governance 5. Multi-Level Governance and Democracy PART 2: LEVELS 6. Multi-Level Governance and British Politics 7. Multi-Level Governance and the European Union 8. Multi-Level Governance and International Relations PART 3: SECTORS 9. Multi-Level Governance and Environmental Policy 10. Multi-Level Governance and Regional Policy 11. Multi-Level Governance and Economic Policy 12. Multi-Level Governance: Conclusions and Implications Bibliography Index
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01 Jan 2003TL;DR: Baldwin et al. as mentioned in this paper presented and analyzed the widest range of new economic geography models to date, and examined previously unaddressed welfare and policy issues including, in separate sections, trade policy (unilateral, reciprocal, and preferential), tax policy (agglomeration with taxes and public goods, tax competition and agglomeration), and regional policy (infrastructure policies and the political economy of regional subsidies).
Abstract: Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and elsewhere as well. However, these efforts - collectively known as the "new economic geography" - have devoted little attention to the policy implications of the new theory. "Economic Geography and Public Policy" fills the gap by illustrating many new policy insights economic geography models can offer to the realm of theoretical policy analysis. Focusing primarily on trade policy, tax policy, and regional policy, Richard Baldwin and coauthors show how these models can be used to make sense of real-world situations. The book not only provides much fresh analysis but also synthesizes insights from the existing literature. The authors begin by presenting and analyzing the widest range of new economic geography models to date. From there, they proceed to examine previously unaddressed welfare and policy issues including, in separate sections, trade policy (unilateral, reciprocal, and preferential), tax policy (agglomeration with taxes and public goods, tax competition and agglomeration), and regional policy (infrastructure policies and the political economy of regional subsidies). A well-organized, engaging narrative that progresses smoothly from fundamentals to more complex material, "Economic Geography and Public Policy" is essential reading for graduate students, researchers, and policymakers seeking new approaches to spatial policy issues.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that despite their fundamental differences over the necessity for state intervention and over the equilibrating powers of the market, the common assumption in both approaches has been that top-down policies can be applied universally to all types of region.
Abstract: Until recently, regional policy has been firm-centred, standardized, incentive-based and state-driven. This is certainly true in the case of the Keynesian legacy that dominated regional policy in the majority of advanced economies after the 1960s. It relied on income redistribution and welfare policies to stimulate demand in the less favoured regions (LFRs) and the offer of state incentives (from state aid to infrastructural improvements) to individual firms to locate in such regions. Paradoxically, the same principles apply also to pro-market neoliberal experiments which have come to the fore over the last fifteen years. The neoliberal approach, placing its faith in the market mechanism, has sought to deregulate markets, notably the cost of labour and capital, and to underpin entrepreneurship in the LFRs through incentives and investment in training, transport and communication infrastructure, and technology. The common assumption in both approaches, despite their fundamental differences over the necessity for state intervention and over the equilibrating powers of the market, has been that top-down policies can be applied universally to all types of region. This agreement seems to draw on the belief that at the heart of economic success lies a set of common factors (e.g. the rational individual, the maximizing entrepreneur, the firm as the basic economic unit and so on). The achievements of both strands of such an ‘imperative’ approach (Hausner, 1995) have been modest in terms of stimulating sustained improvements in the economic competitiveness and developmental potential of the LFRs. Keynesian regional policies, without doubt, helped to increase employment and income in the LFRs, but they failed to secure increases in productivity comparable to those in the more prosperous regions and, more importantly, they did not succeed in encouraging self-sustaining growth based on the mobilization of local resources and interdependencies (by privileging non-indigenous sectors and externally-owned firms). The ‘market therapy’ has threatened a far worse outcome, by reducing financial transfers which have proven to be a vital source of income and welfare in the LFRs, by exposing the weak economic base of the LFRs to the chill wind of ever enlarging free market zones or corporate competition and by failing singularly to reverse the flow of all factor inputs away from the LFRs. In short, the choice has been that between dependent development or no development.
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