Urban Growth and Innovation: Spatially Bounded Externalities in the Netherlands

ISBN-13: 9780815398790 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 285 str.

Frank G. Van Oort

Opis

By combining theories and methodologies on localised growth and innovation density from the fields of geography and economics, he puts forward an innovative spatial econometric model which contributes to a clearer understanding of actual processes of growth and innovation.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Agglomeration in economic and geographical theories; Heterogeneity in localized economic growth; Exploratory spatial data analysis; Location-industry employment dynamics; Sectoral employment dynamics; Innovation intensity; Summary and conclusions; Appendix A: data on employment dynamics; Appendix B: data on innovation intensity; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Frank G. van Oort is Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Urban Economics at Utrecht University.