Public Policy for Regional Development

✍ Scribed by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, François Vaillancourt

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 253
• Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book draws on the expertise of both North American and European specialists of regional economics, evaluating the impact of economic policy in certain regions and considering alternative policies to foster regional economic development and improve the employment and income of the residents of these regions.

Martinez-Vazquez and Vaillancourt have gathered chapters from a renowned international pool of experts, arguing for the importance of human capital in the regional economics process. The first section of the book examines the policy tools and process relevant to regional development, presenting evidence on both the American and Irish experience. The second focuses on the empirical evidence on the impact of taxes and public spending in Canada and the USA. The third examines methodological issues, looking particularly at Spain and Poland.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Contributors......Page 13
1: Regional development: Challenge for public policy......Page 15
2: Regional divergence in the euro area......Page 25
3: On the government’s role in regional economic development......Page 42
4: Human versus physical capital: Government’s role in regional development......Page 61
5: Regional innovation systems and public policy: Ireland’s medical technology cluster......Page 80
6: Unbalanced development and regional governments: How much to equalize and how to equalize?......Page 103
7: Human capital externalities and regional development: Evidence for Canada – 2000......Page 121
8: The role of public services and taxes in attracting ‘foreign’ direct investment......Page 149
9: Regional economic integration and budget financing: Looking towards international markets?......Page 173
10: Do new highways attract businesses?: A new microeconometric methodology......Page 194
11: Regional growth and environmental regulation: Friends or enemies?......Page 212
12: Methodological dilemmas in regional strategy building......Page 229
13: Conclusion: What advice for policy makers?......Page 246
Index......Page 250