Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Crescenzi, Riccardo. (Editor), Percoco, Marco. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,
• Subjects: Economics.; Geography.; Europe > Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Regional/Spatial Science.; R & D/Technology Policy.; European Integration.; Economic Geography.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33395-8

The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different sister disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional economic...

Table of Contents:

• Space, Growth and Development
• Institutions and Culture
• Agglomeration Economies, the Location of Economic Activities and Innovation
• Geography in Motion: Trade, FDI and Migrations.