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 implications for regional economic policies in the perspective of the new century. Endogenous growth models can reflect increasing returns and hence refer more adequately to empirical observations than earlier models, and the models become policy relevant, because in endogenous growth models policy matters. Such policies comprise efforts to stimulate the growth of knowledge intensity of the labour supply and knowledge production in the form of R&D.

Summary

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 implications for regional economic policies in the perspective of the new century. Endogenous growth models can reflect increasing returns and hence refer more adequately to empirical observations than earlier models, and the models become policy relevant, because in endogenous growth models policy matters. Such policies comprise efforts to stimulate the growth of knowledge intensity of the labour supply and knowledge production in the form of R&D.

Product details

• Assisted by: Charli Karlsson (Editor), Roger R Stough (Editor), Börje Johansson (Editor), Charlie Karlsson (Editor), Roger R. Stough (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 16.11.2012
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics
• EAN: 9783642640308
• ISBN: 978-3-642-64030-8
• Pages: 428
• Illustrations: IX, 428 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 17.3 x 23.6 x 2.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 667 g
• Series: Advances in Spatial Science; Advances in Spatial Science
• Subjects: B, Sociology, Geography, Society & social sciences, Urban Planning, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Economics and Finance, Social Sciences, general, Regional Studies, Regional/Spatial Science, Regional & area planning, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Management science, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional planning, Geography, general, Spatial economics