The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation's policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering global, national and regional patterns of growth from a...

The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation's policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering global, national and regional patterns of growth from a...

type="main" xml:lang="es" <title type="main">Resumen</title> <p>Este artículo analiza el impacto del turismo nacional e internacional en el proceso de crecimiento económico para 179 regiones europeas. El análisis econométrico se basa en un marco de regresión de crecimiento espacial en el que la tasa del PIB per cápita...</p>

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of various proximity dimensions on the innovative capacity of 276 regions in Europe within a knowledge production function model, where R&D and human capital are included as the main internal inputs. We combine the standard geographical...

The paper aims at analysing the impact of domestic and international tourism on the economic growth process for 179 regions in ten European countries, which are highly representative of total tourism flows. The econometric analysis is carried out for the period 1999-2009 and it is based on a...

Questo lavoro si propone di fornire un ulteriore contributo alla vasta letteratura che ha studiato il ruolo del capitale pubblico nei processi di crescita. Utilizzando un panel di 20 regioni italiane per il periodo 1970-1995, viene stimata una funzione di produzione che include come input: il...

D<sc>ettori</sc> B., M<sc>arrocu</sc> E. and P<sc>aci</sc> R. Total factor productivity, intangible assets and spatial dependence in the European regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The aim of this paper is to analyse the determinants of the efficiency levels across the European regions. Firstly, a regression-based measure of...

It is widely recognized that most economic activities show a tendency to agglomerate in space and, therefore, economic interactions among firms are likely to be influenced by their geographical proximity. Recently, the literature (Boschma, 2005) has remarked that other dimensions of proximity...