Die "Maritime Wirtschaft" Schleswig-Holsteins besteht nach Definition der Autoren zum einen aus einem Kernbereich, der unmittelbar maritime Aktivitäten wie Schifffahrt, Hafenwirtschaft, Fischerei, meeresbezogene Produktion und Forschung umfasst ("Maritime Wirtschaft I"). Zum anderen kommen...

Nachdem der Streit um die künftige Ausgestaltung der Bund-Länder-Finanzbeziehungen nach dem im Oktober gefundenen Kompromiss zwischen Bund und Ländern zumindest fürs Erste beigelegt zu sein scheint, rückt ein anderes Thema in den Vordergrund, nämlich wie die im Koalitionsvertrag der...

In this paper we investigate the determinants of cooperative innovation and put our main focus on the regional or spatial and on the technological or sectoral dimension. We suggest a method to disentangle these two factors and to extract differential regional effects. The latter can be used to...

This essay provides an overview of the role of infrastructure on economic geography in the light of both theoretical and empirical findings. Two main lessons stand out. First, infrastructural improvements affect the geographical distribution of economic activities. Second, even when localized,...

We examine whether discretionary government grants influence the location of new plants, and how effective these incentives are in the presence of agglomeration and urbanisation externalities. We find evidence that regional industrial structure affects the location of new entrants. Firms in more...

Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...

One of the most prominent instruments of regional policy is to foster education and human capital formation in economically lagging regions. However, regional policy of this type can actually hurt instead of help the poor areas. The reason is that individual geographical mobility increases with...

So far the contribution of New Economic Geography (NEG) has been mainly positive. Normative analysis and policy implications have lagged behind. The reason is the fear of the consequences of taking too literally the neat structure of the models. Under this respect the somewhat incautious aim of...

In order to evaluate the allocational effectiveness of regional policy when harmonizing regional economic conditions firms? preferences play a pivot role. If harmonization hinders risk diversification of the firm, then instead of regional diversification of capital agglomeration of capital...