This paper analyzes recent fiscal policies of nonrenewable resource exporting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of sharp swings in resource prices. Fiscal policies were predominantly procyclical during the boom period 2003-08 but to significantly differing degrees...

Control over natural resource revenues is a contentious, politically divisive issue in most developing countries-especially for oil production. A typical policy response of the center in such cases has been to introduce revenue sharing arrangements. Such measures have generally not assuaged the...

Die Finanzierungsbeteiligung der Kommunen der Altländer an den Länderfinanzausgleichs-Leistungen 1995 zugunsten der neuen Länder, ohne Abfinanzierung des Fonds "Deutsche Einheit", insgesamt höchstens 2,8 Mrd. DM, das sind 6,6 v. H. des gesamten West-Ost-Transfers aus dem Solidarpakt für die...

Lambrinidis M., Psycharis Y. and Rovolis A. (2005) Regional allocation of public infrastructure investment: the case of Greece, Regional Studies 39 , 1231-1244. This paper develops a model on the determinants of the regional allocation of public infrastructure investment and applies it to Greece...

Gripaios P. and Bishop P. (2005) Government output and expenditure in UK regions and sub-regions: an analysis of the new experimental accounts data, Regional Studies 39 , 805-813. This paper examines the regional and sub-regional distribution of UK state spending by analysing new data available...

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...

There is a growing body of literature concerning the impact of clustering on the economic efficiency of high technology small firm operation. By considering high technology firms within the emerging nonbroadcast visual communications (NBVC) sector, this paper seeks to explore business linkage...

Jensen C. (2004) Localized spillovers in the Polish food industry: the role of FDI in the development process?, Reg. Studies 38, 535-550. The paper aims to investigate whether there are spillovers and agglomeration effects in the Polish food industry. This part of the research focuses on...