Over the last decade or so, the debate on the planning and development of the Paris (Île-de-France) region has revolved around two little words: "Grand Paris", or Greater Paris. Despite existing political and scientific controversies surrounding the future of the capital region, three major...

The regional imbalance is one of the major hindrances for sustainability of economic growth of Indian economy. The persistence of imbalanced regional growth poses a serious threat to the economic growth and development, and creates economic, social and political tension among the states in...

Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a search-matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the willingness to pay for regional amenities and the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. The results are compared...

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the spatial co-localization in Vietnam of two-digits manufacture industries in 2010. Thus, an exploratory cross-sectional analysis will be conducted using discrete-space models in order to unfold the idiosyncratic patterns of agglomeration, concentration...

The existing literature on cluster embeddedness largely neglects the impact of finance on the development of firm?s network linkages. This is striking in so far that particularly venture capital is often referred to as ?smart money? providing firms not only with funds but also with network...

Russia is one of the most heterogeneous countries, consisting of more than 80 regions. Among other features, its regions vary by their involvement in international trade and by vulnerability to external shocks. Russian economy is becoming more open, but openness of regions varies greatly,...

A growing body of theoretical contributions and empirical studies has explored how the spatial distribution of public resources and governmental transfers is likely to be driven by efficiency and equity, as well as by political considerations. This article applies this line of research to...

According to the latest estimates over 16 per cent of the EU citizens are poor (based on monetary concept). Using Europe 2020 strategy indicator people at risk of poverty or social exclusion over 23 percent of EU citizens can be considered poor. Analyses of poverty may be based on several...

The influence of general economic and fiscal policy is in recent years more significant than ever. Tight budgets sets limits on public spending in general and on regional development in particular, both with regard to programs specifically targeted on regional issue, but often also indirect due...