The Regional Policy of the European Union

Armstrong, Harvey

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“…Significantly, traditional interpretations of spatial disparities emphasised the economic inefficiency (rather than benefit or dividend) of the geographic overconcentration and centralisation of economic activities in London and the Greater South East (Martin 2008), hampering national economic growth because of the rapid generation of inflationary bottlenecks in factor markets during periods of expansion that were stymied by macro-economic policy before their benefits could trickle down to the peripheral regions (Armstrong and Taylor 2000). Informed by the new economic geography (e.g.…”

Section: Spatial Disparities Spatial Economic Policy and Decentralismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given that all measures of fiscal policy have their own regional bias (Short 1981;Armstrong and Taylor 2000), for spatial economic policy we use a proxy of policy (Policy) reflecting direct intervention on income. This consists of the difference between the Gini index calculated on primary household income per head -therefore before direct policy intervention on income -and the same index calculated on GDHI per head 2 .…”

Section: An 'Economic Dividend' Of Devolution In the Uk?mentioning

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In Search of the ‘Economic Dividend’ of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy, and Decentralisation in the UK

Pike

Rodríguez‐Pose

Tomaney

et al. 2012

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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After a decade of devolution and amid uncertainties about its effects, it is timely to assess and reflect upon the evidence and enduring meaning of any 'economic dividend' of devolution in the UK. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach utilising institutionalist and quantitative methods, this paper seeks to discern the nature and extent of any 'economic dividend' through a conceptual and empirical analysis of the relationships between spatial disparities, spatial economic policy and decentralisation. Situating the UK experience within the historical context of its evolving geographical political economy, we find: i) a varied and uneven nature of the relationships between regional disparities, spatial economic policy and decentralisation that change direction during specific time periods; ii) the role of national economic growth is pivotal in explaining spatial disparities and the nature and extent of their relationship with the particular forms of spatial economic policy and decentralisation deployed; and, iii) there is limited evidence that any 'economic dividend' of devolution has emerged but this remains difficult to discern because its likely effects are over-ridden by the role of national economic growth in decisively shaping the pattern of spatial disparities and in determining the scope and effects of spatial economic policy and decentralisation.

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Section: Spatial Disparities Spatial Economic Policy and Decentralismentioning

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Section: An 'Economic Dividend' Of Devolution In the Uk?mentioning

confidence: 99%

In Search of the ‘Economic Dividend’ of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy, and Decentralisation in the UK

Pike

Rodríguez‐Pose

Tomaney

et al. 2012

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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“…Thus, the term 'spatial' does not reflect dissatisfaction with regional economics, but rather it signals the reinvigoration of a subject area from its reconnection to mainstream Economics, and with implications for regional economics. Note: Chapter contents of Part I of Armstrong and Taylor (1985). Local (of which cross-local) 4 8 (7) 5 (3) 17 (12) Regional (of which cross-regional) 20 (15) 17 (12) 11 (7) National (of which cross-national) 2 (0) 7 (6) 4 (2) Other 5 …”

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“…Of course, the three questions could be addressed at any spatial scale, but what distinguishes the 'region' from the national economy is its 'openness' (Armstrong and Taylor, 1985). It results in a high degree of interdependence between regions in national space in terms of the trade in goods and services and factor flows in capital and labour, which is facilitated by common legal, political, linguistic, institutional and cultural arrangements, and by weak barriers to trade and mobility.…”

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Onward the Spatial: an Essay on the Nature and Relevance of Regional Economics

Wren¹

2009

Spatial Economic Analysis

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The full-text may be used and/or reproduced and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not for profit purposes provided that:• A full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • A link is made to the metadata record in DRO • The full text is not change in any way.The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. theory and the appropriate spatial scale; the 'regional problem'; and regional policy. It finds reasons to suggest that the 'region' is of less importance, but argues that the use of the term 'spatial' does not reflect dissatisfaction with regional economics, but it signals the reinvigoration of the subject from its formal connection to mainstream Economics. This is primarily in the form of the new economic geography model, although limitations of this can lead to an unsatisfactory form of regional policy based on growth theory.

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“…The environment (and, in general, the resource sector) can also be included as one of the inputs or outputs related to the production of goods and services. In this way, the system-wide impacts of tourist expenditures in a regional economy can be traced (see also Armstrong and Taylor, 1993). A more simplified approach to the estimation of regional tourist multipliers has been developed by Archer (1976) who made a distinction between tourismaligned and non-tourism-aligned sectors.…”

Section: Assessment Of Regional Tourist Income Multipliersmentioning

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Tourism, Marketing and Telecommunication: A Road Towards Regional Development

Nijkamp¹

2000

Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development

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The Regional Policy of the European Union

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In Search of the ‘Economic Dividend’ of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy, and Decentralisation in the UK

In Search of the ‘Economic Dividend’ of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy, and Decentralisation in the UK

Onward the Spatial: an Essay on the Nature and Relevance of Regional Economics

Tourism, Marketing and Telecommunication: A Road Towards Regional Development

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