Regional Disparities in Small Countries

1. Introduction
Daniel Felsenstein, Boris A. Portnov

Part I:. Concepts, Theory and Methods

2. The Liability of Smallness: Can We Expect Less Regional Disparities in Small Countries?
Daniel Felsenstein, Boris A. Portnov

3. Country Size in Regional Economics
Michael Beenstock

4. Measures of Regional Inequality for Small Countries
Boris A. Portnov, Daniel Felsenstein

5. Investigating Spatial Patterns of Income Disparities Using Coordinate Transformations and GIS Mapping
Boris A. Portnov, Rimma Gluhih

Part II:. Empirical Evidence

6. Regional Employment Disparities in Belgium: Some Empirical Results
Olivier Meunier, Michel Mignolet

7. Regional Income Convergence and Inequality in Boom and Bust: Results from Micro Data in Finland 1971–2000
Heikki A. Loikkanen, Marja Riihelä, Risto Sullström

8. Regional Disparities in Ireland: The Roles of Demography, Profit Outflows, Productivity, Structural Change and Regional Policy 1960–1996
Eoin O’Leary

9. The Persistence of Regional Unemployment Disparities in the Netherlands
Oedzge Atzema, Jouke Dijk

10. The Dynamics of Regional Disparities in a Small Country: The Case of Slovenia
Peter Wostner

11. Interregional Disparities in Israel: Patterns and Trends
Boris A. Portnov

12. Does Decentralisation Matter to Regional Inequalities? The Case of Small Countries
Carlos Gil, Pedro Pascual, Manuel Rapún

13. Regional Inequalities in the EU Enlargement Countries: An Analysis of Small Versus Large New Member States
George Petrakos, Yiannis Psycharis, Dimitris Kallioras

Part III:. Policy Issues

14. Has the Financial Economy Increased Regional Disparities in Switzerland over the Last Three Decades?
José Corpataux, Olivier Crevoisier

15. Regional Policy Lessons from Finland
Hannu Tervo

16. The Globalisation of Austrian Regions: New Policy Challenges and Opportunities
Michael Steiner

17. Innovation Policy: An Effective Way of Reducing Spatial Disparities in Small Nations?
Stephen Roper

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Keywords: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science BUS042000