The development state of regions depends not only on the own efficiency, but also on spatial spillovers. Positive (backward linkages, use of the infrastructure in neighbouring economic areas etc.) and negative (e. g. environmental effects) spillovers give reasons for a mutual economic influence...

Recent developments in the regional policy have stressed the importance of regional networks. Now the definition of innovation regions, which reflect the knowledge spatial activities, is becoming relevant. The spatial econometric estimation of a production function, which is based on endegenous...

Diese Festschrift enthält Beiträge zur empirischen Regionalforschung, die für die Regionalpolitik von hoher Relevanz sind. Dabei wird ein breites Methodenspektrum verwendet, wie es für die moderne Regionalforschung heute kennzeichnend ist. Thematisch erstrecken sich die Beiträge von der...