HARRIS R. I. D. and LIU A. (1998) Input-output modelling of the urban and regional economy: the importance of external trade, Reg. Studies 32 , 851-862. The modelling of regional and local economies, especially through using the input-output (IO) approach, is a standard practice for many...

Harris R. and Robinson C. (2005) Impact of Regional Selective Assistance on sources of productivity growth: plant-level evidence from UK manufacturing, 1990-98, Regional Studies 39 , 751-765. Regional policy has been an enduring aspect of post-war industrial policy in the UK, based on a...

Johnston R., Burgess S., Wilson D. and Harris R. (2006) School and residential ethnic segregation: an analysis of variations across England's Local Education Authorities, Regional Studies 40, 973-990. Schools are central to the goals of a multicultural society, but their ability to act as arenas...

This paper uses estimates based on the stochastic frontier production function approach applied to more than 200 four-digit UK manufacturing industries, covering the period 1974-95. It is shown that manufacturing plants in Northern Ireland on average operated at lower levels of technical...

Harris R. and Trainor M. (2007) Impact of government intervention on employment change and plant closure in Northern Ireland, 1983-97, Regional Studies 41, 51-63. Financial assistance to manufacturing industry is an important element of the industrial development policy in Northern Ireland. This...

HARRIS R. I. D. (1997) UK regional plant and machinery capital stocks and premature scrapping, Reg. Studies 31, 737-750. Historically, a lack of capital stock data has severely limited the ability to carry out supply side analyses of the British regional economy. Hence, the present paper extends...