Much of the current policy and scientific debate regarding territorial development focuses on territorial competition …, which is a result of the outspread of competition (the centerpiece in classical and neoclassical political economy) over … many aspects of other disciplines except economics, including geographical science. Territorial competition as a concept …

The literature suggests that competition among schools might increase quality. However, not much empirical evidence is … present as only a few countries allow competition at a large scale. One exception is the Netherlands. Free parental choice is … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …