Regional Externalities

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Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; 1 Regional Externalities: an Introduction; Literature; Part I Transport; 2 Modelling Transport in an Interregional General Equilibrium Model with Externalities; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Positive Externalities; 2.3 Proximity, Income and Externalities in Denmark; 2.4 The LINE-Model - Modelling Externalities and Transport; 2.5 Modelling the Redistribution of the Relative ProductivityDecline Associated with Road Pricing - the Caseof Denmark; 2.6 Conclusions; References

3 External Effects in Road Traffic: the Pigou-Knight Modeland its Extension to Situations With Endogenous SpeedChoice and Heterogeneous Traffic3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Pigou-Knight Model of Traffic Congestion; 3.3 Speed Choice and the Determination of the Travel CostFunction; 3.4 The Pigou-Knight Model with Heterogeneous Drivers; 3.5 A Numerical Example; 3.6 Conclusion; References; 4 On Traffic Congestion Models à la Mohring and Harwitz; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Setting; 4.3 Real World Interpretation; 4.4 Existence Results; 4.5 The Self Financing Result of Mohring and Harwitz

4.6 Suggestions for Further Research4.7 Conclusions; Appendix: a Closer Look at the Setting; References; 5 Local Collectors Versus Major Infrastructural Works; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Importance of Local Connections; 5.3 Current Policy Around Local Connections; 5.4 Some Practical Experiences: the Disappearanceof Local Connections; 5.5 Conclusions, Recommendations and Discussion; References; Part II Clusters and Product Chains; 6 Regional Differentiation and Location of Industrial Capacity in the Slovak Republic; 6.1 Introduction

6.2 Industrial Development in the Slovak Republicwith Special Impact on Technology Intensity6.3 Regional Differentiation in Employment; 6.4 Survey Study; 6.5 Conclusion; 6.6 Methodological Notes; References; 7 Automobile Sector in the Slovak Republic:Current Situation and Future Prospects; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Development of Automobile Production Capacities; 7.3 Preconditions for Cluster Emergence; 7.4 Automobile/Automobile Parts and Components Sectorand Emergence of Automobile Clusters; 7.5 Model Describing Relation Between Automobileand Parts/Components Production; 7.6 Conclusions

References8 IT Market and E-Commerce in Transition Economy:Network Externalities; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Structure of Network Externalities; 8.3 Network Externalities and Transaction CostMinimization; 8.4 IT Market and E-commerce Growth Effects:Lithuanian Case; 8.5 Research Methodology; 8.6 Results; 8.7 Conclusions; References; 9 International Outsourcing in the Netherlands; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Vertical Specialization and Outsourcingin the Dutch Economy; 9.3 Outsourcing, Productivity, and Employment; 9.4 Regional Aspects of Outsourcing; 9.5 Summary and Discussion; References

10 Regional Externalities and Clusters: a Dutch NetworkCase-Study

10.1007/978-3-540-35484-0 [DOI]

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