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Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Access: An Examination of People’s Food Shopping Methods Change International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Xueting Jin, Daoqin Tong
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the food insecurity issue across the nation, especially for vulnerable population groups. As an important way to access food, online grocery shopping has gained substantial popularity during COVID-19. However, it is not clear how COVID-19 impacted both the in-store and online grocery shopping simultaneously and how the impacts varied among different population
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Impact of Religion on Regional Economic Development: Evidence From 19th Century Prussia International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Seung-hun Chung, Mark D. Partridge
Economic development can be influenced by various policies such as improving infrastructure, changing the legal system, or increasing educational attainment. However, to the extent that culture inf...
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Global Shrinkage of Space and the Hub-and-Spoke System in the Global Trade Network International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Paul H. Jung, Jean-Claude Thill
We explore how the hub-and-spoke system in the international freight transportation network contributes to the global shrinkage of space. The friction in long-distance trade routes varies by the lo...
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Using Web-Data to Estimate Spatial Regression Models International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Giuseppe Arbia, Vincenzo Nardelli
Macro econometrics has been recently affected by the so-called ‘Google Econometrics’. Comparatively less attention has been paid to the subject by the regional and spatial sciences where the Big Da...
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Do We Learn From Errors? The Economic Impact of Differentiated Policy Restrictions in Italy International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Francesco Scotti, Andrea Flori, Giovanni Bonaccorsi, Fabio Pammolli
This paper investigates the economic impact of the three tiers risk framework implemented in Italy against the COVID-19 pandemic during the Autumn of 2020. Exploiting a large-scale dataset encompas...
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The Multi-Technology Footprint of the National Broadband Network in Australia: Exploring the Urban-Regional Divide and Socio-spatial Patterns for Inequality International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Tooran Alizadeh, Edward Helderop, Tony H. Grubesic, Richard Ferrers
The recent global pandemic renewed the importance of telecommunication infrastructure, as many COVID responses (e.g., working from home, home-schooling, e-commerce) were challenged by the inequity ...
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Do Multifamily unit Rents Increase in Response to Light Rail in the Pre-service Period? International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Qiong Peng, Gerrit‐Jan Knaap, Nicholas Finio
The effects of transit investments on land and housing values are a longstanding topic of interest in part because the nature and timing of those effects are important for designing anti-displaceme...
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Militarized Conflict, Trade, and Economic Development in a Structural Equation Model With Spatial Considerations International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Yuri Mansury, Woosung Kim, Jingwen Li
While conflict pervades virtually every aspect of society, there have been relatively few crossovers between Regional Science and Peace Science. This paper pays tribute to Walter Isard, pioneer of ...
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Regional Heterogeneity in the Individual Unemployment Vulnerability After COVID-19 Outset International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-03-12 Ana Sofia Lopes, Ana Sargento
The COVID-19 crisis increased unemployment all over the World, with significant regional heterogeneity. This paper intends to analyze this territorial heterogeneity for the Portuguese case and inve...
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Curb Allocation and Pick-Up Drop-Off Aggregation for a Shared Autonomous Vehicle Fleet International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Christian B. Hunter, Kara M. Kockelman, Shadi Djavadian
Advances in information technologies and vehicle automation have birthed new transportation services, including shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs). Shared autonomous vehicles are on-demand self-driv...
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The Evolution of Job Insecurity in Spatial Contexts in Europe During COVID-19 Pandemic International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu, Alexandra Gheorghiu, Mioara Cristea, Gabriela Carmen Pascariu, PsyCorona Team, Pontus Leander
Unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is of the utmost importance for governing bodies worldwide. Its constant increase during the last months is subject of major concern for both citizens a...
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Learning About the Incidence and Lethality of COVID-19 in Vulnerable Neighborhoods: The Case of Malaga (Spain) International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Carmen García-Peña, Julián Molina, José Damián Ruiz Sinoga
This research delves into the need to use granular analyses at the neighborhood level to study the preexisting conditions of vulnerability that best explain the waves of COVID-19 incidence and mort...
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Business Churning and Neighborhood Instability: Is There a Link? International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Jae Hong Kim, Kevin Kane, Young-An Kim, John R. Hipp
Much of the work concerning economic dynamism has focused on its aggregate-level implications, while there have been rising concerns about business displacement at the community or neighborhood lev...
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Heterogeneity of Research and Development Expenditure: A Convergence Analysis for the Spanish Regions International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Francisco J. Delgado, Matías Mayor, Maria J. Presno
In the present study, we investigate the convergence of research and development (R&D) expenditure, a relevant factor in competitiveness, across Spanish regions through a club convergence analysis ...
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Taking Organizations Seriously in Understanding the Geography of Invention International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Breandán Ó hUallacháin
Large organizations mold technological advance in countries and even more so in cities. External economies of scale and invention are closely linked, but the organizational strategies of individual...
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Life Course and Structural Migrations: Refining Migration Classifications International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-12-24 Peter V. Schaeffer
Migration is a major engine of demographic change for towns, regions, and whole countries. Traditionally, migrations have been divided into those caused by push or pull factors or classified by eve...
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StateIO - Open Source Economic Input-Output Models for the 50 States of the United States of America International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-12-23 Mo Li, João Pedro Ferreira, Christa D. Court, David Meyer, Mengming Li, Wesley W. Ingwersen
Subnational input–output (IO) tables capture industry- and region-specific production, consumption, and trade of commodities and serve as a common basis for regional and multi-regional economic imp...
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Resilient Regions in Brazil: Unfolding the Effects of COVID-19 From a Socioeconomic Perspective International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Igor Santos Tupy, Fernanda Faria Silva, Gustavo Figueiredo Campolina Diniz, Rosa Livia Montenegro, Alexandre de Queiroz Stein, Diogo Ferraz
At the beginning of 2020, the world was left in an unprecedented state of shock by the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazil quickly became the epicenter of new cases of contamination, where the propagation of...
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New Public Transportation Infrastructure and Tax Delinquency in Shrinking Cities: The Case of Detroit International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Fernanda Alfaro, Dusan Paredes, Mark Skidmore
Fiscal stress is a common condition in shrinking cities such as Detroit. Among the contributing factors, property tax delinquency is a significant consideration due to the unwillingness or inabilit...
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Does Tolling Per Kilometre Compensate for the External Costs of Trucks? A Geographical Approach for Belgium International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Arnaud Adam, Stef Proost, Isabelle Thomas
Using detailed Global Navigation Satellite System tracing data emitted by all trucks having a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons in Belgium, this paper assesses the efficiency of the current Bel...
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses in the US: A Longitudinal Study from a Regional Perspective International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Wei Kang, Qingfang Wang
Small businesses have suffered disproportionately from the COVID-19 pandemic. We use near-real-time weekly data from the Small Business Pulse Survey (April 26, 2020 - June 17, 2021) to examine the ...
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Regional Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: The Moderating Role of Social Distancing and Vaccine Rollout in the U.S. International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 JungHo Park
This study examines the relationship between statewide contexts and individuals’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy by using the Household Pulse Survey, a national and near real-time data timely deployed b...
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Income Interdependence in the UK Multi-Regional Economy: A Meso-Level Analysis International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-10-08 André Carrascal-Incera, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings
Consumer expenditures in the United Kingdom account for over 50% of Gross Domestic Product on the expenditure side, yet their impact on economic activity is often overshadowed by attention to techn...
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Adoption of Technological Change in the Public Sector: Evidence From US States International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Steven G. Craig, Edward C. Hoang, Janet E. Kohlhase
Our paper explores the broad influences that stimulate technological change in governmental service delivery. Using panel data by state, we examine whether residents are able to apply for Unemploym...
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Regional Economic Disparities in Europe: Time-Series Clustering of NUTS 3 Regions International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Ana María López-Villuendas, Cristina del Campo
The aim of this research is to identify the regional economic disparities in the level of economic wealth and its dynamics in the NUTS 3 regions in EU28 over the period from 2000 to 2017. By perfor...
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Universities and Regional Development International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, Elizabeth A. Mack
This focused issue entitled “Universities and Regional Development” contains three papers. All three papers focus on universities and their involvement in translating research for commercialization...
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The Legacy of Redlining: A Spatial Dynamics Perspective International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-08-07 Sergio Joseph Rey, Elijah Knaap
This paper investigates the long-term impacts of the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) mortgage risk assessment maps on the spatial dynamics of recent income and racial distributions in ...
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Rekindling New Economic Geography in Times of COVID-19: Labor Mobility Responses to Health Shocks in Central and North America International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Adolfo Cristóbal Campoamor, Ernesto Rodríguez-Crespo
This paper evaluates the potential responses of international labor mobility to the recent COVID-19 health shocks, using a New Economic Geography model inspired by recent events in Central and Nort...
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An Individual Level Method for Improved Estimation of Ethnic Characteristics International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Tian Lan, Paul A. Longley
This paper develops an improved method for estimating the ethnicity of individuals based on individual level pairings of given and family names. It builds upon previous research by using a global d...
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Extending Green Innovations Across Clusters: HOW can Firms Benefit Most? International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Isabel Díez-Vial, Jose A Belso-Martínez, Martín-de-Castro Gregorio
This paper analyses how green product and process innovations affect firms’ sustainable performance. It seems evident that green innovations should benefit not only society but also the firms, alth...
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Does Absorptive Capacity Matter in the Impact of Immigration on Innovation in Africa? Evidence from Panel Quantile Regression with Nonadditive fixed Effects International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Nassibou Bassongui, Houda Ben Younes
This study aims to assess the role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between immigration and domestic innovation in sending countries using five average period data points from a sample of...
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Universities, Local Economic Productivity and Quality of Institutions: Evidence From Italy International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Adalgiso Amendola, Cristian Barra, Roberto Zotti
An important issue in economic geography is the link between higher education institutions and economic performance at local level. This paper exploits some aspects of the university funding system...
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A Multi-Scale Suitability Analysis of Home-Improvement Retail-Store Site Selection for Ontario, Canada International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-05-08 Derek T. Robinson, Bogdan Caradima
A multi-scale suitability analysis using big data (4.7 million suitability scores) is presented across a large spatial extent (1.076 million km2) to identify potential locations for new home-improvement retail stores. Suitability scores were generated for individual property parcels using criteria weights derived from surveyed retail-industry experts. To increase capacity for site selection, distributions
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The Influence of Regional Resilience Elements on the Performance of Clustered Firms International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Vitor K. Schmidt, Aurora C. Zen, Bruno A. Bittencourt
Regional economic resilience is a term used to describe the ability of economic systems to withstand, recover from, and adapt to different economic and technological shocks. The literature argues that clustered firms perform better than isolated firms in regional economic systems. This study aims to analyze the influence of regional resilience elements on the performance of firms in a cluster. Therefore
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Regional Differences in Okun’s Law and Explanatory Factors: Some Insights From Europe International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Adolfo Maza
Okun’s law is one of the best-known stylized facts in the economic literature, as well as one of the most widely used policy tools. The aim of this paper, which utilizes a comprehensive sample of 265 European regions by using annual observations covering the period from 2000 to 2019, is to deepen our knowledge of Okun’s law from two perspectives: on one hand, by checking the existence and intensity
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How Short-Term Rentals are Changing the Neighborhood International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-03-26 Matthias Wrede
This paper examines how short-term rentals are changing living conditions and the composition of the population in affected parts of a town. First, to analyze the relation between quality, distance, and rents, we develop a spatial monocentric city model with varying housing quality levels. Second, for 200 m grids in the city of Berlin (Germany) in 2019, we show that the proportion of low and medium
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Will Increasing Housing Supply Reduce Urban Inequality? International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-01-26 Juan Carlos Lopez
In recent years, there has been a debate over the extent to which housing-supply regulations increase inequality and reduce workers access to more productive cities. This problem is formalized in a two-city model with skilled and unskilled workers to study the impact of one city relaxing land-use restrictions. Such a policy will raise welfare, but inequality and the number of unskilled workers locating
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From the Local Economy to the Global Market. Municipal-Level Spatial Economic Modelling of International Trade for Brazil International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-01-25 Alberto Díaz-Dapena, Ticiana Grecco Zanon Moura, Fernando Rubiera-Morollón
International trade is one of the key spheres of economic policy. It is crucial for a country to understand the dynamics of its export markets to create a coherent strategy to improve its position in global markets. Research in this field is particularly interesting for both economists and policy makers. However, due to a lack of data, most of the well-established literature is focused on the national
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University-Industry Collaboration in a Cross-Border Iberian Regions International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Carla Mascarenhas, Carla Marques, João J. Ferreira, Anderson Galvão
This study sought to understand how the differences in university-industry (U-I) dynamics in two cross-border regions act on their research and innovation performance. Surveys were administered to academics from research centres or units in Portugal’s Northern Region and Spain’s Castile and Leon. Data were also collected from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS2014) conducted in Portugal and Spain
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The Response of Creative Class Members to Regions Vying to Attract Them With Subsidies International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2022-01-08 Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Hamid Beladi
There are no theoretical studies in regional science that examine which region to locate in from the standpoint of a creative class member, given that the pertinent regional authorities (RAs) are competing among themselves to attract the creative class using subsidies. This gap provides the motivation for our paper. This paper’s contribution is that it is the first to theoretically study the regional
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Abstentionist Voting – Between Disengagement and Protestation in Neglected Areas: A Spatial Analysis of The Paris Metropolis International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-09-27 Sebastien Bourdin, Jiwan Tai1
This article analyzes electoral behaviors related to voting abstention in the Metropolis of Paris. We highlight the interest of a contextual approach to examine non-voting behaviors. Using socio-economic and demographic data at the level of municipalities, we construct a spatial model to explain the reasons for abstention. Our results support the idea that abstentionism expresses a disengagement behavior
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Regional Knowledge Capabilities, Entrepreneurial Activity, and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Italian NUTS-3 Regions International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-08-11 Taewon Kang, Sira Maliphol, Dieter F. Kogler, Keungoui Kim
Knowledge has replaced labor as the key factor for productivity growth in innovation discourse. The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship (KSTE) provides the theoretical foundation to bridge the gap between knowledge and productivity growth. The way regional knowledge actually contributes to productivity growth requires a theoretical explanation because knowledge capability is an indirect
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The Decline of Small Cities: Increased Competition from External Shopping Malls or Long-Term Negative Trends? International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-08-10 Sven-Olov Daunfeldt, Oana Mihaescu, Niklas Rudholm
We use the entry of 17 external shopping malls in Sweden to investigate how they have affected the performance of incumbent firms located in the city centres of small cities. Estimating a traditional fixed effects regression model while controlling for firm-specific heterogeneity, we find that entry by external shopping malls decreased the labour productivity of incumbent firms in city centres by 5
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Macroeconomics Meets regional science: How national economic activity is Related to regional economic activity International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-08-06 Michael Beenstock
Macroeconomics and regional science have developed as separate disciplines. However, the fact that the gross domestic product is the sum of gross regional products suggests that the two disciplines are related. The present study considers the implications of regional science and economic geography for macroeconomics. Specifically, a spatial econometric model for Israel is simulated to explore the implications
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Illusions of Clustering: A Systematic Evaluation on the Effects of Clusters on Regional Economic Performance in Korea International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-08-03 Hyunha Shin, Junseok Hwang
Korea has pursued a cluster-based policy to increase industrial competitiveness and to alleviate development gaps between the regions. However, local governments have often oversupplied clusters without an objective examination of the demands and conditions in the regions. Based on these concerns, this study analyses effects and interdependencies of factors related to regional innovation and growth
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Profit Pools and Determinants of Potential County-Level Manufacturing Growth International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-07-08 Craig W. Carpenter, Anders Van Sandt, Rebekka Dudensing, Scott Loveridge
Business location research often focuses on evaluating specific policies or explaining outcomes for a particular region. Further, the micro-foundations of random profit maximization supporting manufacturing location analysis often lack the intuitive nature of demand thresholds. While this article maintains these micro-foundations, it introduces a unifying concept of profit pools and examines how proximate
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Understanding the City-transport System of Urban Agglomeration through Improved Space Syntax Analysis International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-07-05 Wensheng Zheng, Nanqiao Du, Xiaofang Wang
From the perspective of city-transport system, this article applies space syntax to analyze the physical integration of cities. Traditionally, space syntax is mainly applied to urban areas, buildings, and other scales. However, when space syntax is applied to the configuration analysis of urban agglomeration, the change of scale causes changes in spatial perception and human behavioral patterns. Thus
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Entrepreneurship, Broadband, and Gender: Evidence from Establishment Births in Rural America International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-06-17 Tessa Conroy, Sarah A. Low
Broadband access may have important implications for establishment births in rural areas, which feature thinner markets. Broadband may be especially important for rural nonemployer businesses, particularly those without a storefront, for access to nontraditional market channels. As women are more likely to run these types of small businesses, we further expect that broadband may have important implications
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The Impact of Cross-border Labor Mobility on Real Estate Price Trends: A Natural Experiment International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Camille Dumeignil
This article evaluate how cross-border labor mobility affects real estate price trends. To overcome the endogeneity of mobility choice, a natural experiment is used: The implementation of the “Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons” (AFMP) between the European Union (EU) and Switzerland, on 1 June 2007. This policy change the eligibility criteria for obtaining a cross-border permit by removing residence
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Demo-economic Modeling: Review and Prospects International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Peter W. J. Batey, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings
This paper focuses on progress in achieving greater integration between demographic and economic components in system-wide modeling. It underlines the importance of Czamanski’s Baltimore model as well as other influential research based on the two-sector economic base model, before proceeding to review more complex, spatially-disaggregated economy-wide models. The subsequent work of Ledent, Schinnar
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In-migration and Dilution of Community Social Capital International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Julie L. Hotchkiss, Anil Rupasingha, Thor Watson
In this paper, we find that higher levels of in-migration dilute multiple dimensions of a community’s social capital, with some measures of a community’s social capital being negatively impacted more than others. Using a spatial model and restricted-access microdata from the US Census Bureau, we employ an instrumental variables strategy to account for the endogeneity of migration. Our results suggest
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Interregional Competition for Mobile Creative Capital with and Without Physical Capital Mobility International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Peter Nijkamp
A lacuna in the extant literature and our desire to contribute to the theoretical literature on how tax/subsidy policies can be used by regions to attract the creative class together provide the motivation for this paper. The paper’s basic contribution is that it is the first to theoretically analyze competition between two regions (1 and 2) for mobile creative capital, the key attribute possessed
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The New Data Revolution in Regional Science: A Tribute to the Late Stan Czamanski International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Dani Broitman, Karima Kourtit
The methodology of regional science is traditionally based on a sound mix of conceptual framing and operational (or applied) analysis. In recent years, we have witnessed an avalanche of new empirical data used in regional science research (e.g., social media, “big data,” sensor data, App data, etc.). Such new data emerge in particular as a result of digital technology applications and interactive media
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Implications for Regional Science of the “Rebuilding Macroeconomic Theory Project” International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Kieran P. Donaghy
The inability of macroeconomists to anticipate the Global Financial Crisis or reproduce it in their models has led to an important stock-taking of deficiencies in, and necessary modifications to, theories and models used pervasively by researchers and taught to graduate students. This stock-taking—the so-called “Rebuilding Macroeconomic Theory Project,” organized by David Vines and Samuel Wills—has
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Foreign Direct Investment and Employment Growth in the States of Mexico: Competitiveness and Social Progress International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Alfonso Mendoza-Velázquez, Alejandro Rondero-Garcia, Luis David Conde-Cortés
Employment growth is a desirable outcome of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the economic performance of regions. However, the evidence available for Mexico is inconclusive. This study aims to contribute to the literature by assessing the dynamic relation between FDI and employment in the states of Mexico, and investigating the conditioning role of social progress, local public investment and competitiveness
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Gravitational Analysis in Regional Science and Spatial Economics: A Vector Gradient Approach to Trade International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Peter Nijkamp, Waldemar Ratajczak
For decades, gravitational analysis has been a key instrument in analyzing spatial flows. Time and again, it has prompted new and challenging research questions. This paper provides a concise overview of the foundation, the conceptualization and empirical relevance of gravitational principles in regional science and spatial economics. Attention is also given to general “social physics” interpretations
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The Role of FDI on Exports Performance: Evidence from the Mexican States International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2020-12-18 René Cabral, Jorge Alberto Alvarado
This article examines manufacturing export determinants across Mexican states and regions from 2007 to 2015. Paying particular attention to the role of FDI, the analysis considers internal and external determinants of manufacturing exports under static and dynamic panel data methods. Several interesting results were obtained. First, the ratio of manufacturing to total GDP is the most consistent determinant
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A Structural Equation Model for Place-based City Love: An Application to Swedish Cities International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2020-12-15 Karima Kourtit, Bart Neuts, Peter Nijkamp, Marie H. Wahlström
Recent years have shown an increasing interest in local factors shaping the happiness or attachment of citizens in regard to their daily living environment, sometimes also coined city love or neighborhood love. This new strand of literature—often framed in the context of the “geography of happiness” or the “economics of happiness”—means an extension of quantitative socio-psychological or socio-economic
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Assessment and Determinants of the Quality of Life in Portuguese Cities International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2020-12-11 Ana Paula Barreira, Carla Amado, Sérgio Santos, Jorge Andraz, Maria Helena Guimarães
The quality of life (QoL) in cities has increasingly been used as a symbol of urban success. Studies addressing this issue tend to focus, however, on large cities and/or on cities from different countries. By using a set of data from a single country, comprehending cities with different population sizes and densities, observations for 11 performance dimensions, and an approach combining the Data Envelopment
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Introduction to the Special Issue on “Territorial Resilience: Mitigation and Firms’ Adaptation” International Regional Science Review (IF 1.971) Pub Date : 2020-12-14 Raul Ramos,Vicente Royuela
The depth of the Great Recession in the developed world had a major impact on the daily life of millions of people. It also brought a new way of seeing the response of economic actors. From a territorial point of view, the concept of Resilience came to a forefront. We can see several examples on this. A simple search in the Scopus database with the words “Regional Resilience” returns more than 170