Maurseth P. B. and Frank B. The German information and communication technology (ICT) industry: spatial growth and innovation patterns, Regional Studies. This paper is motivated by previous studies that have found that information and communication technology (ICT) industries seem to cluster...

CASELLAS A. and GALLEY C. C. (1999) Regional definitions in the European Union: a question of disparities?, Reg. Studies 33 , 551-558. This paper explores the concept of regional disparities in the European Union (EU) and challenges the present regional classification. The EU Nomenclature of...

In this paper we examine the nature of disparities in regional (state) unemployment rates in Australia over the period 1978-99 and their relationship to the national unemployment rate. Using co-integration analysis, we find that there is a negative relationship between the two implying that, as...

Ezcurra R., Gil C., Pascual P. and Rapun M. (2005) Regional inequality in the European Union: does industry mix matter?, Regional Studies 39 , 679-697. The aim of this paper is to test for the respective roles of regional and sectoral factors in productivity convergence in the European Union...

Felsenstein D. and Portnov B. A. (2005) Understanding regional inequalities in small countries, Regional Studies 39 , 647-658. This paper revisits the commonly held view that small countries do not exhibit significant regional disparities. The issue is framed as one in which the attributes of...

Carluer F. (2005) The dynamics of Russian regional clubs: the time of divergence. Regional Studies 39 , 713-726. This paper examines the evolution of Russian regional disparities in the light of the theory of convergence clubs. The first part presents the limits of the methodology traditionally...

Kronthaler F. (2005) Economic capability of East German regions: results of a cluster analysis, Regional Studies 39 , 739-750. This paper analyses the economic capability of East German regions compared with West German regions. Based on new growth theory and new economic geography, and using...

MARTIN R. (1997) Regional unemployment disparities and their dynamics, Reg. Studies 31, 237-252. Unemployment in the United Kingdom has doubled every decade since the 1960s. Regional unemployment trends during this period are shown to have been characterized by a high degree of synchronicity,...

BROWN S. and SESSIONS J. G. (1997) A profile of UK unemployment: regional versus demographic influences, Reg. Studies 31, 351-366. This paper profiles the incidence of unemployment in the UK over the period 1985-91 using data derived from the British Social Attitudes Survey. The approach of the...

Patacchini E. and Rice P. (2007) Geography and economic performance: exploratory spatial data analysis for Great Britain, Regional Studies 41, 489-508. This paper uses the techniques of exploratory spatial data analysis to analyse patterns of spatial association for different indicators of...