Edited by Bernard Fingleton, formerly of the University of Strathclyde, UK

'This book is a serious attempt to cover all of the relevant subdisciplines in the geographical economics framework. . . I would recommend the book to students of economic geography, regional economics, and related disciplines.'

• Contents:IntroductionBernard Fingleton1. New Economic Geography: Some PreliminariesBernard Fingleton2. Models of ‘New Economic Geography’: Factor Mobility vs. Vertical LinkagesGianmarco I.P. Ottaviano3. Testing the ‘New Economic Geography’: A Comparative Analysis Based on EU Regional DataBernard Fingleton4. From Theory to Estimation and Back: The Empirical Relevance of the New Economic GeographySteven Brakman and Harry Garretsen5. Agglomeration and Growth in the NEG: A Critical AssessmentFabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru6. Sinking the Iceberg? On the Treatment of Transport Costs in New Economic GeographyBernard Fingleton and Philip McCann7. Specialization and Regional SizeJohn Dewhurst and Philip McCann8. A Non-parametric Analysis of Productivity, Efficiency and Technical Change in EU Regional Manufacturing, 1986–2002Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz9. A Methodology for Evaluating Regional Political EconomyPaul Plummer and Eric Sheppard10. FDI: A Difficult Connection between Theory and EmpiricsAnna Soci11. Agglomeration and Internet Exchange Points: An Exploration of the Internet Morphology Alessio D’Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti12. Explaining the Scarce Returns of European Structural Policies from a New Economic Geography PerspectiveAndrés Rodríguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi Index

Edited by Bernard Fingleton, formerly of the University of Strathclyde, UK

'This book is a serious attempt to cover all of the relevant subdisciplines in the geographical economics framework. . . I would recommend the book to students of economic geography, regional economics, and related disciplines.'

• Contents:IntroductionBernard Fingleton1. New Economic Geography: Some PreliminariesBernard Fingleton2. Models of ‘New Economic Geography’: Factor Mobility vs. Vertical LinkagesGianmarco I.P. Ottaviano3. Testing the ‘New Economic Geography’: A Comparative Analysis Based on EU Regional DataBernard Fingleton4. From Theory to Estimation and Back: The Empirical Relevance of the New Economic GeographySteven Brakman and Harry Garretsen5. Agglomeration and Growth in the NEG: A Critical AssessmentFabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru6. Sinking the Iceberg? On the Treatment of Transport Costs in New Economic GeographyBernard Fingleton and Philip McCann7. Specialization and Regional SizeJohn Dewhurst and Philip McCann8. A Non-parametric Analysis of Productivity, Efficiency and Technical Change in EU Regional Manufacturing, 1986–2002Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz9. A Methodology for Evaluating Regional Political EconomyPaul Plummer and Eric Sheppard10. FDI: A Difficult Connection between Theory and EmpiricsAnna Soci11. Agglomeration and Internet Exchange Points: An Exploration of the Internet Morphology Alessio D’Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti12. Explaining the Scarce Returns of European Structural Policies from a New Economic Geography PerspectiveAndrés Rodríguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi Index

Edited by Bernard Fingleton, formerly of the University of Strathclyde, UK

'This book is a serious attempt to cover all of the relevant subdisciplines in the geographical economics framework. . . I would recommend the book to students of economic geography, regional economics, and related disciplines.'

• Contents:IntroductionBernard Fingleton1. New Economic Geography: Some PreliminariesBernard Fingleton2. Models of ‘New Economic Geography’: Factor Mobility vs. Vertical LinkagesGianmarco I.P. Ottaviano3. Testing the ‘New Economic Geography’: A Comparative Analysis Based on EU Regional DataBernard Fingleton4. From Theory to Estimation and Back: The Empirical Relevance of the New Economic GeographySteven Brakman and Harry Garretsen5. Agglomeration and Growth in the NEG: A Critical AssessmentFabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru6. Sinking the Iceberg? On the Treatment of Transport Costs in New Economic GeographyBernard Fingleton and Philip McCann7. Specialization and Regional SizeJohn Dewhurst and Philip McCann8. A Non-parametric Analysis of Productivity, Efficiency and Technical Change in EU Regional Manufacturing, 1986–2002Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz9. A Methodology for Evaluating Regional Political EconomyPaul Plummer and Eric Sheppard10. FDI: A Difficult Connection between Theory and EmpiricsAnna Soci11. Agglomeration and Internet Exchange Points: An Exploration of the Internet Morphology Alessio D’Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti12. Explaining the Scarce Returns of European Structural Policies from a New Economic Geography PerspectiveAndrés Rodríguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi Index