R: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics

Source: Journal of Economic Literature , Mar., 2009, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Mar., 2009), pp. 289-
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Analyzes the effectiveness of World Bank Group marketing for regional development; transformation
support to the environment between 1990 and of rural patterns in Greece in a European regional
2007. Discusses the context; the evaluation; the development perspective?the case of Crete; young
World Bank and the environment; the International women and agriculture?the case of active young
Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment women farmers in West Macedonia, Greece; and
Guarantee Agency, and the environment; and local rural policy making and governance?evidence
enhancing Bank Group effectiveness. Appendices from Greece. Coccossis and Psycharis are in the
provide further information on evaluation method Department of Planning and Regional Development
ology; relevant findings from previous Independent at the University of Thessaly. No index.
Evaluation Group evaluations; country case stud
ies?an overview; a summary of country case study Hyra, Derek S. The New Urban Renewal: The Eco
findings?environmental priorities and Bank sup nomic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville.
port; World Bank environmental projects assessed Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press,
for this evaluation; and an environmental portfolio 2008. Pp. xvii, 214. $22.50. ISBN 978-0-226
review. Bibliography; no index. 36604-3. JEL 2009-0306
Examines the dynamics that are leading to
changing conditions in redeveloping inner
R Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics neighborhoods, focusing on Harlem in New Yor
Bronzeville in Chicago. Discusses building a th
Rl General Regional Economics ical framework of urban transformation; what g
ization has to do with it; the new urban renew
Coccossis, Harry and Psycharis, Yannis, eds. empowerment zones and public housing refor
Regional Analysis and Policy: The Greek Experi city politics and black protest; racial uplift??
ence. Contributions to Economics. Heidelberg: racial class conflict; and a revisit of urban theor
Springer, Physica-Verlag, 2008. Pp. xi, 393. $139.00. policy. Hyra is with the Office of the Compt
ISBN 978-3-7908-2085-0. JEL 2009-0305 of the Currency in the U.S. Treasury Departm
Eighteen papers, based on contributions pre and at the George Washington University an
sented at the 2006 Congress of the European National Poverty Center. Index.
Regional Science Association held in Volos, Greece,
present perspectives on regional development issues Walden, Michael L. North Carolina in the
in contemporary Greece. Papers discuss the geogra nected Age: Challenges and Opportunities in a
phy of spatial association across the Greek regions? balizing Economy. Chapel Hill: University of N
patterns of persistence and heterogeneity; public Carolina Press, 2008. Pp. xxi, 333. $30.00. I
spending patterns?the regional distribution of pub 978-0-8078-3221-9. JEL 2009-0
lic investment in Greece; modeling local income Explores the progress, pitfalls, and prospect
distribution in Greece; the regional dimension of the North Carolina economy in the Connected A
migration in Greece?spatial patterns and causal Discusses the national context?the creation of
factors; regional inequalities in Greece; change in Connected Age; the macroeconomics of ch
regional policy priorities, objectives, and instru forces transforming North Carolina's economy
ments in Greece?a comparative analysis of regional microeconomics of change?the remaking of N
programs; transport and regional development?the Carolina's industries; impacts on people; im
pattern of spatial development in Greece due to on places; impacts on policies; and North Caro
the impact of the new transportation corridors; a future in the Connected Age. Walden is William
region's location as one of the key factors that affect Reynolds Distinguished Professor and Exten
its development; stimulating the regional knowledge Economist in the Department of Agricultu
economy in Greece; regional development and the and Resource Economics at North Carolina
information society?how Greek regions measure up University. Bibliography; index.
in the information age; regional inequalities and the
digital economy challenge?variations in Internet R3 Production Analysis and Firm Locatio
accessibility across Greek regions; an approach to the
effects of Greek regional universities on the develop Australian Productivity Commission. The
ment of the country regions; the use of typologies ket for Retail Tenancy Leases in Australia. Pr
in tourism planning?problems and conflicts; social tivity Commission Inquiry Report series, no
and spatial determinants of small business perfor Melbourne: Australian Productivity Commis
mance?evidence from urban tourism; informa 2008. Pp. xxxv, 283. Paper. ISBN 978-1-7
tion and communication technologies and tourism 247-3. JEL 2009-0308

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 290 R Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
Examines the structure and functioning of the
retail tenancy market in Australia and considers how
to improve its operation. Discusses the market for
retail tenancy leases; the regulatory environment gov
erning retail tenancies; dispute resolution; principles
for regulation of the retail tenancy market; security of
tenure; occupancy costs; market information, trans
parency, and disclosure; business conduct and dispute
resolution; assessment and alternative approaches
to regulation; and the Australian Productivity
Commission's recommendations. No index.
Aydogan, Neslihan and Chen, Yiu Por. Social
Capital and Business Development in High-Tech
nology Clusters: An Analysis of Contemporary U.S.
Agglomerations. International Studies in Entrepre
neurship. New York: Springer, 2008. Pp. xiii, 111.
$99.00. ISBN 978-0-387-71910-8.
JEL 2009-0309
Five papers investigate the high-tech clusters that
have developed in the United States due to their
capacity to engage in high-value-added activities and
consider labor mobility as the engine behind U.S.
agglomerations. Papers discuss how high-tech indus
tries benefit from the economies of agglomeration
(Neslihan Aydogan); tacit knowledge transfer, geo
graphical proximity, and interfirm contracts?the
Silicon Valley case (Aydogan); reciprocity, proxim
ity, and performance of research consortia (Aydogan
and Thomas P. Lyon); citizenship, social capital, and
spatial assimilation of highly skilled labor and loca
tion choice (Yiu Por Chen); and ethnic and technical
clustering?native-born Americans versus foreign
science and engineering graduates (Chen). Aydogan
is with the Department of Economics at Cankaya
University. Chen is with the Management of Public
Services Program at DePaul University. Index.
Blien, Uwe and Maier, G?nther, eds. The Eco
nomics of Regional Clusters: Networks, Technology
and Policy. New Horizons in Regional Science. Chel
tenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2008.
Pp. vii, 311. $125.00. ISBN 978-1-84720-515-5.
JEL 2009-0310
Thirteen papers examine topics in regional clus
ters as tools for regional analysis. Papers discuss
innovation dynamics and the structure and evolu
tion of industrial clusters; first steps toward a criti
cal appraisal of clusters; a network-based approach
toward industry clustering; industry-specific spatial
agglomerations in Germany; sectoral concentration,
business networks, and innovative competences in
East Germany?an empirical approach to identify
economic clusters; clusters and the spatial struc
ture of wages in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil?a
multilevel approach; measuring specialization and
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concentration in regional clusters?an empirical
analysis for Eastern Bavaria; interfirm relations and
economic clustering in the Dutch Randstad region;
the contribution of new and young firms to the
economic development of clusters in Germany?a
comparative analysis of a growing, a mature, and a
declining cluster; building clusters versus leveraging
synergies in the design of innovation policy for devel
oping economies; geographic concentration of sectors
in the German economy?some unpleasant macro
economic evidence for regional cluster policy; clusters
and networks?whether their spell has been broken;
and cluster approaches to local economic develop
ment?conceptual remarks and case studies from
Lower Saxony, Germany. Blien is at the Institute for
Employment Research and the Technical University
of Kaiserslautern. Maier is at the Vienna University of
Economics and Business Administration. Index.
Simons, Robert A.; Malmgren, Rachel and
Small, Garrick, eds. Indigenous Peoples and Real
Estate Valuation. Research Issues in Real Estate,
vol. 8. New York: Springer, 2008. Pp. xxii, 289. ISBN
978-0-387-77937-9. JEL 2009-0311
Eleven papers examine a variety of indigenous
property topics and issues affecting numerous coun
tries. Papers discuss indigenous landholding institu
tions as an impediment to economic use of land?case
studies of Tamale and Bolgatanga in Ghana; real
estate practices among indigenous peoples in
Southern Africa?a clash of real estate systems on
the urban fringe; a brief history of Native American
land ownership; indigenous claims in Canada?a
retrospective analysis; the metaphysics of indigenous
ownership?why indigenous ownership is incompa
rable to Western conceptions of property value; a just
integration of Western and customary land rights in
Australia; valuation of Yoruba sacred shrines, monu
ments, and groves for compensation; land restitution
and restitution valuation in South Africa; property
rights and land market dynamics?an economic
interpretation of the indigenous land tenure transfor
mation process in Nigeria; the twenty-first century
property challenge?reconciling spirituality, sacred
places, and profit-seeking property involvements;
and the move toward a global analysis of the deter
minants of successful indigenous tribal land claims.
Simons and Malmgren are in the Levin College of
Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. Small
is in the School of the Built Environment at the
University of Technology, Sydney. Index.
R4 Transportation Systems
Richardson, Harry W. and Bae, Chang-Hee
Christine, eds. Road Congestion Pricing in
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Europe: Implications for the United States. Chel
tenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2008.
Pp. x, 397. $180.00. ISBN 978-1-84720-380-9.
JEL 2009-0312
Eighteen papers, most originally presented at a
workshop held at the Moeller Centre at Churchill
College, Cambridge University in May 2006, exam
ine road congestion pricing, focusing on the London
Congestion Charging Scheme, the Stockholm
Trial, and other road pricing schemes. Papers dis
cuss profit-maximizing transit in combination with
a congestion charge?an intermodal equilibrium
model; road pricing in Britain and its relevance to
the United States?findings from two scenarios of
national road charging in Great Britain and some
reflections on governance; national road pricing
in Great Britain?whether it is fair and practical;
Cambridge Futures?forecasting the effect of con
gestion charging on land use and transport; road
user charging in the United Kingdom?the policy
prospects; design tools for road pricing cordons; the
London Congestion Charging Scheme, 2003-06;
the Big Smoke?congestion charging and the envi
ronment; the effects of the London Congestion
Charging Scheme on ambient air quality; transfer
ring London congestion charging to U.S. cities?
how the likelihood of successful transfer might be
increased; interurban road goods vehicle pricing in
Europe; worse than a congestion charge?Paris traf
fic restraint policy; the European and Asian expe
rience of implementing congestion charging?its
applicability to the United States; the Stockholm
congestion charging system?a summary of the
effects; the Puget Sound, Seattle congestion pricing
pilot experiment; the U.S. context for highway con
gestion pricing; expansion of toll lanes or more free
lanes??a case study of SR91 in Southern California;
and the political calculus of congestion pricing.
Richardson is James Irvine Chair of Urban and
Regional Planning in the School of Policy, Planning,
and Development and Professor of Economics at the
University of Southern California. Bae is Associate
Professor of Urban Design and Planning at the
University of Washington. Index.
R5 Regional Government Analysis
Organisation for Economic Co-operation economic development strategies. Papers discuss
and Development. OECD Rural Policy Reviews: defining the objectives of local development strate
Netherlands. Paris and Washington, D.C.: Organisa gies (Brian Robson and Iain Deas); identifying the
tion for Economic Co-operation and Development, options for intervention (Paul Lawless); assessing
2008. Pp. 181. Paper. ISBN 978-92-64-04196-7. expected impacts (Colin Wren); making use of prior
JEL 2009-0313
Examines the challenges of rural development in
the predominantly urban Netherlands. Discusses
a profile and challenges of the rural Netherlands;
rural policies in the Netherlands; and strengthening
rural policies in the Netherlands. Includes French
and Dutch translations of the assessment and recom
mendations. Bibliography; no index.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development. OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Scot
land, UK. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organisa
tion for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2008. Pp. 175. Paper. ISBN 978-92-64-04163-9.
JEL 2009-0314
Presents an analysis of Scotland's rural policy and
how to make it more flexible to meet the opportu
nities and needs of different regions. Discusses an
overview of the socioeconomic forces at work in
rural Scotland; the policy response to the rural chal
lenges in Scotland; and policy recommendations to
help the Scottish rural policy adapt better to the
heterogeneous and rapidly evolving context it faces.
Includes a French translation of the assessment and
recommendations. Bibliography; no index.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development. OECD Territorial Reviews: Por
tugal. Paris and Washington, D.C: Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008.
Pp. 145. Paper. ISBN 978-92-64-00895-3.
JEL 2009-0315
Analyzes how a paradigm shift in Portugal's
regional policy, building on the knowledge of both
public and private stakeholders in specific regions,
could help the nation fully exploit its potential for
sustainable development. Discusses why a regional
policy in Portugal?national growth, regional assets,
and challenges; regional policy as a tool to enhance
Portugal's competitiveness; and reforming the gov
ernance of regional policy in Portugal. Also available
in French. Bibliography; no index.
Potter, Jonathan, ed. Making Local Strategies
Work: Building the Evidence Base. Local Economic
and Employment Development series. Paris and
Washington, D.C: Organisation for Economic Co
operation and Development, 2008. Pp. 174. Paper.
ISBN 978-92-64-04485-2. JEL 2009-0316
Six papers consider how to support the design
and delivery of more effective local and regional
assessment results (Ville Valovirta); implementation
of the local development strategy (Neil MacCallum);
and information systems (Jaime Del Castillo and
Silke Haarich). Potter is Senior Economist in the

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Centre for Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium leadership; varieties of dissent; dissent in
Enterprises, and Local Development of the OECD. crisis; dissent and the generational divi
Bibliography; no index. zational totalitarianism and the voices of
leading, dissenting, and public relations;
leadership, and dissent; resistance, diss
Y Miscellaneous Categories leadership in practice; press profession
corporate rationalization, and the manag
Y8 Related Disciplines
dissent; the sanctity of dissent; elevating d
transcending fear-based culture at war and
Aalen, Odd O.; Borgan, 0rnulf and Gjessing, making a place for the practice of dissentin
H?kon K. Survival and Event History Analysis: promise of dissent for leaders. Banks is Pro
Head of the Communication Studies Progr
A Process Point of View. Statistics for Biology and
Health. New York: Springer, 2008. Pp. xviii, 539. University of Idaho. Index.
$84.95. ISBN 978-0-387-20287-7.
JEL 2009-0317 Barnes, Thomas Garden. Shaping the
Textbook examines topics in survival and event Law: From Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688
history analysis. Discusses an introduction to sur and with an Introduction by Allen D. Boyer
vival and event history analysis; stochastic processes Profiles in Legal Theory series. Stanford
in event history analysis; nonparametric analysis of University Press, Stanford Law Books, 2008
survival and event history data; regression models; 282. ISBN 978-0-8047-5714-0.
parametric counting process models; unobserved JEL 2009-0320
heterogeneity?the odd effects of frailty; multivari Examines the contributions of significan
ate frailty models; marginal and dynamic models for and documents that have shaped comm
recurrent events and clustered survival data; causal throughout history. Discusses Glanvill; t
ity; first passage time models?understanding the Carta; Thomas Littleton; John Fortescu
shape of the hazard rate; and diffusion and Levy Hooker; James VI and I; Francis Bacon; Si
process models for dynamic frailty. Includes end Coke; Michael Dalton; William Huds
of-chapter exercises. Aalen is in the Department Seiden, John Milton; The Book of the Gene
of Biostatistics in the Institute of Basic Medical and Libertyes Concerning the Inhabitan
Sciences at the University of Oslo. Borgan is with Massachusets; the trial of Charles I; and
the Department of Mathematics at the University Hale. Barnes is Professor Emeritus of H
of Oslo. Gjessing is with the Norwegian Institute Law at the University of California, Berkel
of Public Health and with the Section for Medical
Statistics at the University of Bergen. Author and Brown, Melissa J., ed. Explaining Culture
subject indexes. cally. Seattle and London: University of W
Press, 2008. Pp. ix, 387. $30.00, paper.
Augsburger, Leonard. Treasure in the Cellar: A 0-295-98789-7. JEL 2009-0321
Tale of Gold in Depression-Era Baltimore. Balti Thirteen papers explore the methods and epis
more: Maryland Historical Society, 2008. Pp. xiv, temological underpinnings for scientific analyses of
207. $26.00, paper. ISBN 978-0-938420-97-2. culture. Papers discuss some kinds of causal powers
JEL 2009-0318 that make up culture; culture in evolution?the move
Examines the story of the hoard of gold found by toward an integration of chimpanzee and human cul
two boys in a Baltimore basement in 1934. Focuses tures; dissent with modification?cultural evolution
on the discovery; whose gold it was; the beginning and social niche construction; cultural evolution?
of the trial; the auction; a mysterious theft; secrets accomplishments and future prospects; conditions
and the Secret Service; and scattered to the wind. for the spread of culturally transmitted costly punish
Augsburger is an engineering manager in the tele ment of sib mating; sexually transmitted infections as
communications industry. Index. biomarkers of cultural behavior; when culture affects
behavior?a new look at kuru; when culture does not
Banks, Stephen P., ed. Dissent and the Failure of affect behavior?the structural basis of ethnic iden
tity; a cultural species; culture matters?inferences
Leadership. New Horizons in Leadership Studies.
from comparative behavioral experiments and evo
Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar,
2008. Pp. x, 239. $115.00. ISBN 978-1-84720 lutionary models; cultural evolution and uxorilocal
575-9. JEL 2009-0319 marriage in China?a second opinion; when theory
Thirteen papers examine topics in isdissent data?comingandto terms with "culture" as a way of
leadership failures. Papers discuss thelife; and whether
trouble with studying "culture" scientifically is

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