Within the broad frame of regional research in an international perspective, the contributions of this volume present new theoretical, methodological and empirical results as well as political strategies for the following topics: - ecomomic integration in the Baltic rim, - innovations and...

We study the interplay between transportation infrastructure, knowledge flows, and innovation. Exploiting historical data on planned portions of the interstate highway system, railroads, and exploration routes as sources of exogenous variation, we estimate the effect of U.S. interstate highways...

[...] Das Hauptziel des ESPON Programms besteht darin, wissenschaftlich fundierte Erkenntnisse zur Raumentwicklung in Europa für die raumpolitischen Prozesse auf europäischer (und teilweise nationaler) Ebene zu erarbeiten. Damit dient die Einrichtung des ESPON Programms der politiknahen...