Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance

1. Introduction
Riccardo Crescenzi, Marco Percoco

2. Globalization and Endogenous Regional Growth
Roberta Capello, Ugo Fratesi

3. TFP Convergence Across European Regions: A Comparative Spatial Dynamics Analysis
Adriana Liberto, Stefano Usai

4. Productivity and Local Workforce Composition
David Christopher Maré, Richard Fabling

5. Regional Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: Convergence, Divergence and Non-linear Dynamics
Vassilis Monastiriotis

6. Some Practical Elements Associated with the Design of an Integrated and Territorial Place-Based Approach to EU Cohesion Policy
Philip McCann, Raquel Ortega-Argilés

7. Cultural Diversity and Economic Performance: Evidence from European Regions
Elena Bellini, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Dino Pinelli, Giovanni Prarolo

8. The ‘Bright’ Side of Social Capital: How ‘Bridging’ Makes Italian Provinces More Innovative
Riccardo Crescenzi, Luisa Gagliardi, Marco Percoco

9. Explicitly Implicit: How Institutional Differences Influence Entrepreneurship
Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck, Robert Gold, Stephan Heblich

10. Academic Entrepreneurship and the Geography of University Knowledge Flows in the UK
Maria Abreu, Vadim Grinevich

11. Evaluating the Role of Clusters for Innovation and Growth in Europe
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Fabrice Comptour

12. Input–Output Linkages, Proximity to Final Demand and the Location of Manufacturing Industries
Giordano Mion

13. Agglomeration and Labour Markets: The Impact of Transport Investments on Labour Market Outcomes
Sabine D’Costa, Steve Gibbons, Henry Overman, Panu Pelkonen

14. Firm Capabilities and Cooperation for Innovation: Evidence from the UK Regions
Simona Iammarino, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli, Nick Tunzelmann

15. Assessing Regional Economic Performance: Regional Competition in Spain Under a Spatial Vector Autoregressive Approach
Miguel A. Márquez, Julián Ramajo, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings

16. The Long Run Interplay Between Trade Policy and the Location of Economic Activity in Brazil Revisited
L. P. do C. Ferraz, E. A. Haddad, M. C. Terra

17. Environmental Standards, Delocalization and Employment: The Case of the EU Cement Industry
Maria Giovanna Bosco, Carlo Altomonte

18. Immigrant Heterogeneity and Urban Development: A Conceptual Analysis
Jessie Bakens, Peter Nijkamp

19. What Drives Chinese Multinationals to Italy?
Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti, Marco Sanfilippo

20. Regional Development and Government Income Transfer Programs: Combining Input–Output Systems and Geoprocessing as Tools for Planning in São Paulo State, Brazil
Silvio Massaru Ichihara, Joaquim José Martins Guilhoto, Denise Imori

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, Regional/Spatial Science, R & D/Technology Policy, European Integration, Economic Geography