Shift-share analysis is a decomposition technique widely used in regional studies to quantify an industry-mix effect … and a competitive effect on the growth of regional employment (or any other relevant variable) relative to the national …

regional income. Such a supposition evokes questions on the need of an accompanying compensatory regional policy and its … adequate design. I find that a case for regional policy cannot be denied, but that the EU largely overstates the need for such … a policy at EU level, and should abstain from direct structural interventions into regional economies. …

various geographical scales. At any one time, organizations at the national, regional and local level are actively engaged in … scales. In particular, in a framework of regional competition, a central (national) policy may be necessary to offset or … coordinate the clashing regional interests. An increasingly important force of attraction for tourists (both domestic and …

Numerous studies have focused on the role of EU regional policy in fostering growth and convergence among European … regional growth models more serious, and second, a likewise careful account of the role of spatial dependence in the underlying … data is needed. Though research has increasingly become aware of the latter point as important control factor for regional …