PAELINCK J. H. P. and POLESE M. (1999) Modelling the regional impact of continental economic integration: lessons from the European Union for NAFTA, Reg. Studies 33 , 727-738. The paper sketches the outlines of a 'model' for predicting the impact of continental economic integration (CI) on...

Teague P. and Henderson J. (2006) The Belfast Agreement and cross-border economic cooperation in the tourism industry, Regional Studies 40, 1-14. This paper examines the impact of the Belfast Agreement on north-south economic cooperation in Ireland, using the tourism industry as a case study....

O TTAVIANO G. I. P. (2003) Regional policy in the global economy: insights from new economic geography, Reg. Studies 37 , 665-673. So far the contribution of new economic geography (NEG) has been mainly positive. Normative analysis and policy implications have lagged behind. The reason is the...

The aim of this paper is to analyse how economic integration in Europe has affected industrial geographical concentration in Spain and to explain the driving forces behind industry location. First, we construct regional specialization and geographical concentration indices for 50 Spanish...

This paper analyses the relationship between the increased levels of trade moving through one of the busiest regions on the southern border of the US and three socio-economic variables: employment; per capita income; and unemployment rates. The authors use non-parametric regression and...

Suedekum J. (2006) Concentration and specialization trends in Germany since re-unification, Regional Studies 40, 861-873. This paper describes the development of regional specialization and geographical concentration in Germany from 1993 to 2001. It finds compelling evidence neither for a...

Pons-Novell J. and Tirado-Fabregat D. A. (2006) Specialization and asymmetries in the macroeconomic fluctuations: evidence for the European regions, Regional Studies 40, 695-706. This paper examines the hypothesis that there is an inverse relationship between specialization in production and the...