This paper uses both the cross-section and panel data approaches to study regional growth in China.

Geroski and Walters (1995) conclude that changes in manufacturing output Granger caused changes in innovative activity and that the latter fluctuated pro-cyclically during the period 1948-83 in the UK. This note shows that their modelling method is inappropriate and results misleading....

A stochastic frontier production is applied to study the technical inefficiencies of grain production in China using a panel dataset on 30 provinces in 1978-92.

This article uses both cross-section and panel data approaches to study regional growth in China. Inter-regional income inequality increased ((divergence), the rich regions became richer but poor regions poorer (b divergence), over the data period 1978-95. This contradicts results from other...

Despite their important role in local and national activity, SMEs are widely recognised by governmental bodies and comminities to be a major source of local environmental quality degradation. This paper considers the issues surrounding the traditional applicatioon of planning instruments to...

This paper discusses Offshore Finance Centres (OFCs) in islands using Jersey as its case study. Jersey has become an increasingly important conduit for the global circulation of capital, both for Transnational Corporations and wealthy individuals.

This paper examines the nature of subcontracting in the interwar road haulage industry. This new industry was dominated by very small-sclae hauliers, requiring a market-making intermediary to arrange full and return loads so as to avoid capacity underutilisation and the duplication of services....