CARRUTH A., GIBSON H. and TSAKALOTOS E. (1999) Are aggregate consumption relationships similar across the European Union?, Reg. Studies 33 , 17-26. The answer to the question posed in the title of the paper may have some bearing on whether consumer spending will respond in similar ways to common...

D<sc>awson</sc> C., H<sc>enley</sc> A. and L<sc>atreille</sc> P. Individual motives for choosing self-employment in the UK: does region matter?, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Regional entrepreneurship policy is often framed in terms of spatial shortcomings in entrepreneurial culture. However, differences in why individuals choose...

Successive forms of regional policy in the UK have sought to support the maintenance and creation of public sector employment opportunities in relatively disadvantaged regions. Nationally negotiated public sector pay rates mean that the private-public pay gap is likely to be wider in lower...

Henley A. (2005) On regional growth convergence in Great Britain, Regional Studies 39 , 1245-1260. This paper examines recent sub-regional output data for Great Britain to identify possible economic convergence. It concludes that sub-regional data are subject to substantial spatial...