Aims and ScopePapers in Regional Science
Edited by: Jouke van Dijk
Print ISSN: 1056-8190
Online ISSN: 1435-5957
Issues per Volume: Quarterly
Current Volume: 87
ISI Journal Citation ReportsŪ Ranking: 2007: 34/44 Environmental Studies
Impact Factor: 0.576
Aims and Scope
Papers in Regional Science is the official journal of the Regional Science Association International. It encourages high quality scholarship on a broad range of regional science topics. Coverage includes: innovation and spatial knowledge spillovers, spatial networks and clusters, regional labour markets, spatial econometrics, behavioral location models, transportation and migration, land use and urban development, spatial agglomeration and segregation, new economic geography, inter-industry analysis and trade, environment and natural resources, urban and regional development, geographical information systems and spatial data analysis.
The journal publishes high quality papers that make a new contribution to the understanding of urban and regional systems. The editors invite submissions dealing with theory, methods and models of spatial analysis. The journal has a multi-disciplinary outlook and includes contributions from economics, geography, planning, engineering and public policy.
Highlights
Industrial clusters in Denmark: Theory and empirical evidence
Sten Engelstoft, Chris Jensen-Butler, Ian Smith, Lars Winther
Why some regions will decline: A Canadian case study with thoughts on local development strategies
Mario Polese, Richard Shearmur
Empirical growth models with spatial effects
Bernard Fingleton, Enrique Lopez-Bazo
The spatial dimension of economic growth and convergence
Eckhardt Bode, Sergio J. Rey
Special Issue August 2007: Spatial Knowledge Diffusion through Collaborative Networks
Guest editors: Corinne Autant-Bernard, Jacques Mairesse and Nadine Massard
The Localisation of Entrepreneurship Capital: Evidence from Germany
David B. Audretsch, Max Keilbach
The Determinants of New-Firm Survival Across Regional Economies: The Role of Human Capital Stock and Knowledge Spillover
Zoltan J. Acs, Catherine Armington, Ting Zhang
Virtuous Circles in Science and Commerce
Lynne G. Zucker, Michael R. Darby
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