BISHOP P. and WISEMAN N. (1999) The north-south divide in the UK defence sector, Reg. Studies 33 , 829-841. This paper examines some of the key characteristics of the north-south divide in the UK defence sector. The analysis is based on new data derived from a national questionnaire survey of...

This study applies a distribution dynamics approach to examining the evolution of average earnings of UK counties. An analysis of both transition probability matrices and stochastic kernels suggests considerable persistence in the overall distribution rather than economic convergence. However,...

This article presents evidence from an empirical study of employment growth across 203 sub-regions of Great Britain using OLS and maximum likelihood spatial econometric techniques. The results suggest a positive relationship between diversity and local employment growth implying that...

Gripaios P. and Bishop P. (2005) Government output and expenditure in UK regions and sub-regions: an analysis of the new experimental accounts data, Regional Studies 39 , 805-813. This paper examines the regional and sub-regional distribution of UK state spending by analysing new data available...

Gripaios P. and Bishop P. (2006) Objective One funding in the UK: a critical assessment, Regional Studies 40, 937-951. The paper examines several issues that question the underlying basis of UK Objective One funding. First, it is doubtful that the current qualifying regions are appropriate...

Cameron and Muellbauer (Economic Journal, 110, pp. 412-19, 2000) have convincingly argued that problems in the methods used to compile UK Regional Accounts data have resulted in a misleading picture of regional differentials and σ convergence. This short paper extends their analysis to a wider...

This paper examines the influence of firm size and a number of other variables on the decision to adopt exporting as a strategic response to recent changes in the UK defence environment. It is shown that although a significant link is found between firm size and exporting in a univariate...

This paper presents new evidence concerning the spatial distribution of UK call centre activity and analyses the determinants of this distribution. The study adopts a restructuring perspective, viewing call centre growth as a strategic response by companies seeking to develop competitive...