This article surveys empirical evidence from U.S. regions concerning measurement of productivity levels and patterns of change in those levels over time. Literature reviewed includes both econometric studies and more recent work that has heavily emphasized sources-of-growth accounting. Key...

This paper chronicles Andy Isserman’s editorship of the International Regional Science Review during the period in which the first ten volumes were published (1975–86). The article first provides an overview of the articles that were published during that time, summarizes evidence...