This paper proposes a methodology for measuring the spatial effects of roads and the seats of local authorities on the diffusion of business activity, which usually follows distance decay patterns from core to periphery. Regional development policies, pursued by regional authorities, directed at...

Does space matter for local governments in the implementation of development policies? Geographical distance is believed to weaken the transmission of the socioeconomic development policy. Peripherally located local governments may be weaker than those centrally located local governments. Polish...

type="main" <p>The paper deals with the statistical modeling of convergence and cohesion over time with the use of kurtosis, skewness and L-moments. Changes in the shape of the distribution related to the spatial allocation of socio-economic phenomena are considered as an evidence of global shift,...</p>