GDP as an indicator is relatively recent. It was introduced seventy years ago and like many other institutions it is an issue of the historical period in which it was created in the years between the Great Depression and World War II. The adoption of the GDP as an indicator is not a neutral...

[En] This paper describes a dynamic systems model which links the private and public functions of agriculture with the territorial development of rural regions and quality of life of rural residents. Among the key results are the quantification of a set of economic, social and environmental...

This paper used regional panel data for Chinese provinces from 1979 to 2003, and for Japanese prefectures from 1955 to 1998, to estimate the spatial externalities (or spatial multiplier effects) using a production function and Bayesian methodology, and to investigate the long-run behavior of the...

We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions...

The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of multinational firms in comparison to...

What factors influence state economic growth? This paper uses annual state (and local) data for the years 1947 to 1997 for the 48 contiguous states to estimate the effects of a large number of factors, including taxation and expenditure policies, on state economic growth. A special feature of...

<b>RESUMEN </b><br> <br> Una de las estrategias más recomendadas con respecto a la igualdad de género en el ámbito de la ciencia y la tecnología es la introducción del mainstreaming en las políticas científicas. Partiendo del cariz multinivel de este ámbito competencial, este artículo explora la...

<b>RESUMEN</b><br> <br> La proliferación de centros comerciales en España ha hecho más compleja la localización de nuevos establecimientos, una decisión que actualmente requiere la comparación minuciosa del potencial de compra de las posibles ubicaciones. Este estudio propone un método para comparar el...

<b>RESUMEN</b><br> <br> La Planificación Estratégica es una metodología sistemática para planificar procesos de desarrollo. Pero además, por ello explicita el análisis y estrategias que los actores participantes realizan para promover el desarrollo en un territorio. Ello ofrece la posibilidad de...

<b>RESUMEN:</b><br> <br> En las últimas décadas los distritos industriales y los clusters han sido objeto de estudio por parte de los investigadores a nivel mundial. Esta importancia creciente y la escasez de trabajos previos de revisión bibliográfica, nos aconseja realizar un análisis de contenido de la...