In this study, for NUTS 3 level region of Turkey, the relation between economic development level and electricity consumption in 2000 has been reviewed. The geographically weighted regression (GWR) that deals with interregional differences was used in this study. Empirical analyses carried out...

Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...

This paper contributes to the literature on the regional systems of innovation focusing on the main obstacles to innovation for a group of potentially innovative Sicilian firms. We also show how innovative firms have a high perception of the obstacles to innovation, particularly of those...

The paper assesses the regional dynamics and the reorganization of the Brazilian territory. It departs from the notion that the concept of region surpasses that of a demarcation of a territory and represents natural, social, and economic indicators. From this starting point, the paper considers...

Rural development is a European concern. The rural areas have great potential to create productive jobs and wealth. In Albania more than half of the population lives in rural areas and agriculture is the main source of income and employment. This paper focuses primarily in general situation of...

Her bölge ekonomik büyüme ve kalkinma için bir potansiyeli vardir. Bu potansiyel alanlarin basinda ise o bölgenin kültürü gelmektedir. Kültür, katma degeri yüksek ekonomik bir degere dönüstürüldügünde bölgenin gelisiminde önemli bir araca dönüsebilmektedir. Kültür...

Input-output (I-O) tables provide a snapshot of an economy, with details on i) intersectoral exchange of intermediate inputs, ii) components of final demand for sectoral outputs, and iii) components of sectoral value added and production. The tables are generally prepared by national statistics...

This paper computes and analyses for the first time environmental efficiencies in waste generation of 160 European regions in NUTS 2 level in seven European countries. For this reason different Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model formulations are used modeling the pollutant in the form of...

Human capital endowment is one of the main factors influencing the level of development of a region. This paper analyses whether remoteness from economic activity has a negative effect on human capital accumulation and, consequently, on economic development. Making use of microdata this research...

Demographic change is expected to affect labour markets in very different ways on a regional scale. The objective of this paper is to explore the spatio-temporal patterns of recent distributional changes in the workers age structure, innovation output and skill composition for German regions by...