In the context of a globalizing world, the representative offices of large international corporations, with profits comparable to the budget of an entire state, are located in big cities. Despite enormous profits attracted by big cities, there seems to be a gap between their demand for goods and...

The paper addresses the issue of transparency at urban level, with focus on the Bucharest sectors. The main objective of the reseach process was to evaluate the transparency of the decision-making process at the urban level, în general and at the level of Bucharest municipalities; în...

This paper simulates job and fiscal impacts of Michigan’s MEGA tax credit program for job creation. Under plausible assumptions about how such credits affect business location decisions, the net costs per job created of the MEGA program are simulated to be of modest size. The job creation...

This study investigates temporal demographic changes and income inequalities, and more importantly the relationship between income inequality and economic growth inWest Virginia. Departing from earlier studies, a regional growth model is utilized and empirically tested using county level West...

This paper suggests a cause of low density in urban development or urban sprawl that has not been given much attention in the literature. There have been a number of arguments put forward for market failures that may account for urban sprawl, including incomplete pricing of infrastructure,...

Over the last decade or so, the debate on the planning and development of the Paris (Île-de-France) region has revolved around two little words: "Grand Paris", or Greater Paris. Despite existing political and scientific controversies surrounding the future of the capital region, three major...

This study aimed at using NTFPs businesses in Ikenne Local Government Area (LGA) to develop a poverty reduction policy framework for the region. Among many other NTFPs in the LGA, wrap leaf, fire wood and charcoal were adopted for this study. The design was the survey methodology, in which five...

Urban revitalization programs are widespread used but empirically understudied place-based policy instruments which attract increasing attention in recent years. This study adds to the existing literature by evaluating the selection process which led to the designation of a set of five urban...

Romania's communist regime used forced industrialization and urbanization policies as a solution for speeding-up the pace of development in the lagging areas, which resulted in reducing regional disparities. However, after 1989 there areas were the first that suffered the hardships of economic...

This paper examines regional effects of the InnoRegio program, which was conducted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The InnoRegio program has been a new tool of innovation policy with the aim to improve innovativeness in East Germany on the basis of prosperous regional...