This article examines the technical efficiency of museums based upon data derived from a questionnaire survey of South West England. A stochastic frontier production function is estimated with output measured in terms of visitor numbers. The Cobb-Douglas function is shown to be the best...

This paper analyses the role of human capital in determining regional variations in firm births. It is argued that both the level and heterogeneity of human capital are particularly important for services. This is confirmed by an empirical analysis of data for sub-regions of Great Britain from...

Identifying and measuring low carbon activities at the local authority level faces a number of problems related to the proliferation of overlapping low carbon concepts, a lack of data related to meaningful low carbon sectors and the rapidly changing nature of the sector. This paper provides a...

Gripaios P. and Bishop P. (2005) Government output and expenditure in UK regions and sub-regions: an analysis of the new experimental accounts data, Regional Studies 39 , 805-813. This paper examines the regional and sub-regional distribution of UK state spending by analysing new data available...

Gripaios P. and Bishop P. (2006) Objective One funding in the UK: a critical assessment, Regional Studies 40, 937-951. The paper examines several issues that question the underlying basis of UK Objective One funding. First, it is doubtful that the current qualifying regions are appropriate...

Personal insolvency rates vary considerably across local areas of England and Wales but the reasons for this have barely been explored. This paper presents an empirical study of the factors determining variations in personal insolvency rates in 2006 utilising newly available data. The results...

Bishop P. and Gripaios P. Spatial externalities, relatedness and sector employment growth in Great Britain, Regional Studies. This paper examines the impact of externalities on employment growth in sub-regions of Great Britain by estimating ordinary least-squares (OLS) and maximum likelihood...

This paper examines the evidence concerning the convergence of gross domestic product (GDP) per head across GB counties during 1977-1995. In general, the evidence rejects the hypothesis of convergence although there is some evidence of a north-south divide with γ convergence in the north in the...

This paper examines the impact of private and public services in generating spatial inequalities in GDP per head across UK sub-regions. The research utilises new data on public services available from Experimental Government Accounts. After reviewing the theoretical and empirical evidence...

This paper presents new evidence concerning the spatial distribution of UK call centre activity and analyses the determinants of this distribution. The study adopts a restructuring perspective, viewing call centre growth as a strategic response by companies seeking to develop competitive...