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List of Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: Regional Policy Evaluation in the New Economic Geography

Charlie Karlsson

Roger Stough

PART ONE REGIONAL POLICY AND LOCATION

Agglomeration, Economies of Scale and Dynamic Specialisation in a Central Place System

Charlie Karlsson

Rolf Nilsson

Regional Policy in the Internet Age: The Effects of Technological Change On Regional Development

Edward J. Malecki

Nomadic Firms in a Network Economy: Comparative Analysis and Policy Perspectives

Frank Bruinsma

Cees Gorter

Peter Nijkamp

Network Co-evolution with Cost--Benefit Rules: A Simulation Experiment

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Makoto Okumura

Mehmet Ali Tuncer

Policies or Market Incentives? Major Changes in the Geographical Sources of Technology in the United States, 1945-95

Luis Suarez-Villa

PART TWO EVALUATING REGIONAL POLICY

Regional Policy Evaluation and Labour Market Adjustment

Ian Gordon

The Evaluation of UK Regional Policy: How much Progress has been Made?

Jim Taylor

Counteracting the Counterfactual: New Evidence on the Impact of Local Policy from the Residuals

Paul Cheshire

Stefano Magrini

The Counterfactual Path: Defining the Non-Support Activity Level when Estimating Programme Effects

Jan Mønnesland

A Computable General Equilibrium Approach to the Ex Post Evaluation of Regional Development Agency Policies

Gary Gillespie

Peter G. McGregor

J. Kim Swales

Ya Ping Yin

Multi-level Regional Policies and Programmes in France: European Norms, Methods and First Applications

Maurice Basle

Frank Pele

Evaluation of the Employment Effects of United Kingdom Enterprise Zones: A Comparison of New Start-ups and Inward Investors

Barry Moore

Jonathan Potter

Rural Areas in Crisis? The Role of the Welfare State in Income Creation: The Case of Denmark

Chris Jensen-Butler

Bjarne Madsen

Søren Caspersen

PART THREE REGIONAL POLICY: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES

Methods for Identifying Functional Regions: Theory and Applications

Charlie Karlsson

Michael Olsson

European Integration and International Trade in Manufacturing: Productivity Considerations and Employment Consequences

Kingsley Haynes

Mustafa Dinc

Regional Development Potentials and Policy Options for Selected EU Regions

Jan S. Kowalski

Axel J. Schaffer

Deindustrialisation and Regional Productivity: Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1970-90

Mats Johansson

PART FOUR NEW CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES

Place Surplus, Exit, Voice and Loyalty

Roger E. Bolton

Capital and the Regions: Other Concepts in Need of Evaluation

John Rees

How can Regional Policies Influence the Location Advantages of a Region?

Borje Johansson

Index