Recently, the so-called creative industry is gaining attention as a new engine of regional economic growth. Using this new industrial classification, many countries are starting to promote the cultural creation activities with the purpose of seeking out new directions in regional development....

This paper examines whether population shrinkage leads to changes in the urban hierarchy in terms of relative sizes of cities and their functions onomic geography. We work backwards in a racetrack economy with eight cities in a long-run equilibrium. Initial distribution of population is chosen...

Increasing numbers of free trade and economic partnership agreements have been concluded among many countries in East Asia, and economic integration has progressed rapidly on both a de facto and de jure basis. However, as the authors of this book argue, integration may intensify regional...

Covering a wide range of aspects surrounding economic integration in East Asia, this well-researched text will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of development studies, regional economics and Asian studies. It will be of particular value to those on courses concerned with...

Perhaps the most exceptional aspect of the current era of globalisation is that entrepreneurship has become the engine for local processes of economic, social and cultural development throughout the world. This important new book brings together a number of leading scholars in the field to...

This paper examines whether population shrinkage leads to changes in the urban hierarchy in terms of relative sizes of cities and their functions from the standpoint of the new economic geography. We work backwards in a racetrack economy with eight cities in a long-run equilibrium. Initial...

This study investigates the short-term impact of NAFTA on automobile production patterns by constructing a multiregional monopolistic-competition model, which accommodates three types of vehicle assembler and two classes of vertically linked parts supplier. By revealing the changes in potential...

This paper examines the relationship between government regulations and land transactions using Korean data for 1994. The results indicate that a heavy burden put on land ownership does not affect the frequency and amount of land transacted, nor does it accelerate the urbanization process....