Overview

This text discusses issues including the impact and implications of European expansion as well as developments in the Asia-Pacific region. It also examines the driving forces, backgrounds, obstacles and opportunities for regions to become powerful global players. The work contains much empirical material and is supported by a thorough investigation of the theory and methodology of policy strategies for the positioning of regions in the new global economy.

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Author:   Hirotada Kohno ,  Peter Nijkamp ,  Jacques Poot
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 127.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.103kg
ISBN:  

9781858989181

ISBN 10:   1858989183
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   26 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Globalization and Spatial Diversity 2. Globalization and the Borderless Economy Part II: Trade, Welfare and Growth 3. A Welfare Analysis of Regional Economic Integration 4. A General Equilibrium Analysis of International Trade with the Stackelberg Duopoly 5. The Pattern of Industrialization of the South 6. International Transaction Costs, Trade in Producer Services and FDI Agglomeration 7. An Empirical Analysis of Agglomeration Effects and Locational Choice of Japanese Electronics Firms in East Asia Part III: Spatial Interaction and Competition 8. Regional Cosmopolitanization and the Rise of World Trade Regions 9. Estimates of the Trade Flows between the EU and the East Asian Countries – A Panel Data Analysis on a Gravity-Type Model 10. Links between Emigrants and the Home Country 11. Monopolistic Competition Estimates of Interregional Trade Flows in Services 12. The Region Versus the Rest of the Economy 13. Regional Industrial Specialization and Patterns of Structural Unemployment in the European Union Part IV: Globalization and Regional Policy 14. Regional Development and Interorganizational Policy Making in a Pan-European Context 15. Implications of European Union Expansion for Peripheral Regions 16. A Meta Analysis of the Impact of Infrastructure Policy on Regional Development 17. On the Relation between Information Development and Economic Development 18. Global Opportunities and Regional Strategies 19. An Empirical Study of a Planning Process to Form an Effective Vision for a Region Index

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`. . . wide-ranging in scope, both territorially . . . and in terms of topics covered . . . contributes significantly to our understanding of the ways and means by which regional economic development efforts are started and sustained.' -- Jorg Mathias, Regional and Federal Studies `. . . a well-conceived and structured book. . . . Regional Cohesion and Competition in the Age of Globalization is an interesting and well-designed book that would not disappoint readers who are interested in the reshaping of the world economy in recent years.' -- Andres Rodriguez-Pose, Growth and Change

'... wide-ranging in scope, both territorially ... and in terms of topics covered ... contributes significantly to our understanding of the ways and means by which regional economic development efforts are started and sustained.' -- Jorg Mathias, Regional and Federal Studies '... a well-conceived and structured book... Regional Cohesion and Competition in the Age of Globalization is an interesting and well-designed book that would not disappoint readers who are interested in the reshaping of the world economy in recent years.' -- Andres Rodriguez-Pose, Growth and Change

Author Information

Edited by Hirotada Kohno, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Socio-Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Peter Nijkamp, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands and the Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Iasi, Romania and Jacques Poot, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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