Theories of Endogenous Regional Growth Lessons for Regional Policies
During the last two decades a new growth theory has emerged - often labelled "endogenous economic growth". The contributions in the book develop these advances into a theoretical framework for endogenous regional economic growth and explain the implicatio
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Borje Johansson · Charlie Karlsson Roger R. Stough Editors
Theories of Endogenous Regional Growth Lessons for Regional Policies With 85 Figures and 48 Tables
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Prof. Dr. Borje Johansson Prof. Dr. Charlie Karlsson Jonkoping International Business School Economics Department Box 1026 SE-55111 Jonkoping Sweden Prof. Dr. Roger R. Stough George Mason University The Institute of Public Policy, M5-3C6 Fairfax VA, 22030-4444 USA
ISBN-13:978-3-642-64030-8
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Theories of endogenous regional growth: lessons for regional policies; with 48 tables 1 [Institutet fiir Regionalforskning. University Trollhittan Uddevalla]. Bilrje Johansson ... ed. - Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; Barcelona; Hong Kong; London; Milan; Paris; Singapore; Tokyo: Springer. 200 1 (Advances in spatial science) ISBN-13:978-3-642-64030-8 001: 10.1007/978-3-642-59570-7
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Preface The "Fyrstad region" (Region of four towns) is located on the west coast of Sweden about 100 kilometers north of Goteborg, the second largest metropolitan region of Sweden. In this region a series of development activities have been initiated in the second half of the 1990s, to a large extent supported by EU's structural fund program for regional revitalization. In 1997 a supporting research activity was established in the form of a collaboration between the University College of Trollhattan-Uddevalla (HTU) and Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS). A major approach in this project, cal
