This paper presents a new approach to the analysis of spatial sustainability, with a particular view on agriculture. After a methodological introduction, a new tool - the so-called Flag model - is introduced in order to assess the degree of sustainability of various policy alternatives. The...

Regions vary strongly according to the participation of firms in R&D activity. By linking data on R&D activity at the firm level with GIS based data on economic, and other location features of zones we are able to investigate the impact of local factors on R&D involvement for various types of...

The positive correlation between the absolute price elasticity of telecommunications demand and the distance of the calling relation is well known. In this paper we first present a meta-analysis of existing studies to buttress the distance dependence empirically. The analysis confirms the...