Reading List for Regional Economics

The reading list for each topic consists of papers that are relevant to the
material we will cover in lectures. Please do not think that you have to
read all of them. The list is a guide to your reading on each of the topics.
As such, you can read as many or as few as you wish.

Many of the papers will be technical in nature, with various econometric

techniques and results. Please do not worry if you don't understand
everything that you read, particularly the econometric bits. Reading the
introduction, discussion and conclusions (and leaving out the technical
parts) will still be helpful.

1. Explaining regional income and employment levels

Armstrong, H. and Taylor, J. (2000) Regional Economics and Policy, third

edition. Chapters 1, 2 and 7.

Battu, H., Finch, J. and Newlands, D. (1998) Integrating Knowledge Effects

into University Impact Studies: A Case Study of Aberdeen University,
Aberdeen University Department of Economics Discussion Paper 98-09.

Bishop, P., Brand, S. and McVittie, E. (2000) The use of input-output

analysis in local impact assessment, Local Economy, 15(3), pp.238-250.

Capello, R. (2007) Regional Economics, Routledge.

Conway Jr., R. (1980) Changes in Regional Input-Output Coefficients and

Regional Forecasting, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 10, pp.
153-171.

Courtney, P., Hill, G. and Roberts, D. (2006) The role of natural heritage in
rural development: An analysis of economic linkages in Scotland, Journal
of Rural Studies, 22, pp. 469484

Hakfoort, J., Poot, T. and Rietveld, P. (2001) The regional economic impact
of an airport: the case of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Regional Studies,
35(7), pp.595-604.

McCann, P. (2001) Urban and Regional Economics, Chapter 4.

2. Regional Location Theory

Alecke, B., Alsleben, C. Scharr, F. and G. Untiedt (2006), Are there really
high-tech clusters? The geographical concentration of German
manufacturing industries and its determinants, The Annals of Regional
Science, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp.19-42.
Brenner, S. (2005) Hotelling games with three, four, and more players,
Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp.851-864.

Capello, R. (2007) Regional Economics, Routledge.

Haug, P. (1991) "The location decisions and operations of high technology

organisations in Washington State", Regional Studies, December.

Janssen, M., Karamychev, V. and P. van Reeven, (2005) Multi-store

competition: Market segmentation or interlacing? Regional Science and
Urban Economics, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 700-714.

McCann, P. (2001) Urban and Regional Economics, Chapter 1.

Teitz, M. B. (1968) Locational Strategies for Competitive Systems,

Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 8, No. 2, 135-148.

3. Explaining regional growth rates

Armstrong, H. and Taylor, J. (2000) Regional Economics and Policy.

Chapters 3 and 4.

Capello, R. (2007) Regional Economics, Routledge. Chapter 9.

Chatterji, M. and Dewhurst, J. (1996) Convergence clubs and relative

economic performance in Great Britain, 1977-1991, Regional Studies,
30(1), pp.15-30.

Higgens, M. J., Levy, D. and A.T. Young, (2006) Growth and convergence
across the United States: Evidence from county-level data, Review of
Economics and Statistics, Vol. 88, No. 4, pp. 671-681.

Lall, S.V. and Yilmaz, S. (2001). Regional economic convergence: do

policy instruments make a difference? The Annals of Regional Science,
Vol. 35, pp. 153-166.

McCann, P. (2001) Urban and Regional Economics, Chapter 6.

Romer, P. M. (1986). Increasing returns and long-run growth, Journal of

Political Economy, Vol. 94, pp. 1002-37.

Romer, P. M. (1987). Growth based on increasing returns due to

specialization, American Economic Review, Vol. 77, pp. 56-62.

Yamarik, S. (2006) Solow and the States: New evidence, Regional

Studies, Vol. 40, No. 6 pp.571-582.
 4. Regional migration

Antolin, P. and Bover, O. (1997) Regional migration in Spain: The effects

of personal characteristics and of unemployment, wage and house price
differentials using pooled cross-sections, Oxford Bulletin of Economics
and Statistics, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 215-235.

Armstrong, H. and Taylor, J. (2000) Regional Economics and Policy, 3rd

edition. Chapter 6.

Bover, O. and Arellano, M. (2002) Learning about migration decisions

from the migrants: Using complementary datasets to model intra-regional
migration in Spain, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 357-380.

Carlsen, F., Johansen, K. and Red, K. (2006) Wage formation, regional

migration and local labour market tightness, Oxford Bulletin of
Economics and Statistics, Vol. 68, No. 4, pp.423-444.

Etzo, I. (2011) The determinants of the recent interregional migration

flows in Italy: a panel data analysis, Journal of Regional Science, 51(5),
pp. 948-966.

Gordon, I. and Molho, I. (1998) A multi stream analysis of the changing

pattern of interregional migration in Great Britain, 1960-1991, Regional
Studies, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 309-324.

Greenwood, M. (1985) Human migration: Theory, models and empirical

studies, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 521-544.

Jackman, R. and Savouri, S. (1992) Regional migration in Britain: An

analysis of gross flows using NHS Central Register data, The Economic
Journal, Vol. 102, pp. 1433-1450.

Molho, I. (1986) Theories of migration: A review, Scottish Journal of

Political Economy, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp.396-419.

Nakosteen, R. A. and Zimmer, M.A. (1982) The effects on earnings of

inter-regional and inter-industry migration, Journal of Regional Science,
Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 325-341.

Stillwell, J. and Garcia Coll, A. (2000) Inter-provincial migration of the

Spanish workforce in 1988 and 1994, Regional Studies, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp.
693-711.

5. Regional unemployment differentials

Baddeley, M., Martin, R. and Tyler, P. (1998) European regional
unemployment disparities: Convergence or persistence? European Urban
and Regional Studies, Vol. 5, pp. 195-215.

Baddeley, M., Martin, R. and Tyler, P. (2000) Regional wage rigidity: The
European Union and United States compared Journal of Regional Science,
Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 115-142.

Bande, R., Fernandez, M and Montuenga, V. M. (2007) Regional disparities

in the unemployment rate: The role of wage-setting mechanism in Spain,
1987-92, Regional Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 235-251.

Blackaby, D. H. and Manning, D. N. (1992) Regional earnings and

unemployment A simultaneous approach, Oxford Bulletin of Economics
and Statistics, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 481-503.

Carlsen, F. (2000) Testing equilibrium models of regional disparities,

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 1-24.

Elhorst, J. P. (2003). The mystery of regional unemployment differentials:

theoretical and empirical explanations, Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol.
17, No. 5, pp. 709-748.

Marston, S. (1985) Two views of the geographic distribution of

unemployment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 100, No. 1, pp.
57-79.

Martin, R. (1997) Regional unemployment disparities and their

dynamics, Regional Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 237-252.

Payne, J. E. (1995) A note on real wage rigidity and state unemployment

rates, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 35, pp. 319-332.

Pissarides, C. and McMaster, I. (1990) Regional migration, wages and

unemployment: Empirical evidence and implications for policy, Oxford
Economic Papers, Vol. 42, pp. 812-831.