technological frontier(s) driving economic development) at a regional level focusing on the role of “insularity”. The analysis … insularity, in addition to those generally attributed to ‘geographical remoteness’. Cultural remoteness, either measured in terms …

This survey reviews theoretical and empirical evidence on the impact of insularity on regional economic development …. Far from being a mere geographical condition, insularity can be regarded as a permanent phenomenon of economic and social … issue of the consequences of insularity on economic development is garnering greater interest in light of the growing …

insularity. We then evaluate whether and when insularity can become ‘bad’ geography in terms of poor economic performance. We … find that two important dichotomies are present - states that are islands (full insularity) perform worse than countries … that have islands (partial insularity). Within the group of island-states, isolation is the crucial dimension associated …