JOHNSTON R., MCKINNEY M. and STARK T. (1996) Regional price level variations and real household incomes in the United Kingdom, 1979/80-1993, Reg. Studies 30, 567-578. For the years 1979/80 to 1993 relative regional price indices (RRPIs) are construced under a variety of definitions. The base...

If late-campaign polls are to be used as forecasts, it is important to ask, how well do the polls do and why are some polls better forecasts than others? We analytically compare alternative methods for estimating the systematic bias in the election trial heat polls of the individual polling...

A differentiated marketing strategy across rural and urban areas is expected to increase uptake and diffusion of the new filter technology. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015