Finance, Business Property and Urban and Regional Development

<sc>Halbert</sc> L., <sc>Henneberry</sc> J. and <sc>Mouzakis</sc> F. Finance, business property and urban and regional development, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Compared with other factors of production, the supply of business property and its role in urban and regional development has received comparatively little attention. Traditional analyses assume that the supply of such property responds to demand in a relatively unproblematic way. However, there is evidence that institutional structures and processes in the property and capital markets have produced regional imbalances in the quantity, quality and price of business accommodation -- benefiting some places and handicapping others. Such imbalances are present to different degrees internationally and their characteristics and causes are similarly varied. The special issue addresses this gap in knowledge.