Edited by Neri Salvadori, Professor of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy, Pasquale Commendatore, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy and Massimo Tamberi,  Associate Professor of Economics, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy

'. . . this book provides a coherent picture of new developments and applications in economic geography with regards to explaining structural change. There is a healthy mix of new theoretical developments and elaborations of the foundational neoclassical economic models, economic growth models, econometric modeling, and hypothesis testing.'

• Contents:IntroductionPasquale Commendatore, Neri Salvadori and Massimo TamberiPART I: THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS: ASPECTS OF LOCATION AND SPECIALIZATION1. Footloose Capital and Productive Public ServicesPasquale Commendatore, Ingrid Kubin and Carmelo Petraglia2. FDI, Mode of Entry and Corporate GovernanceGiuseppina Maria Chiara Talamo3. Natural Resources and Social Conflict: An Explanation of Sub-Saharan Countries’ StagnationDavide Fiaschi4. The Changing Location of European Industry: A Twofold Geographical PerspectiveEleonora Cutrini5. Specialize Rightly or DeclineAlessia Lo Turco and Massimo Tamberi6. South–South Regional Trade Agreements, Comparative Advantage and Industrial Growth: Evidence from MERCOSUR CountriesAlessia Lo TurcoPART II: THE PROCESS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF DUALISM7. Myrdal, Growth Processes and Equilibrium TheoriesCarlo Panico and Maria Olivella Rizza8. The Legacy of Dualism in New Growth TheorySalvatore Capasso and Maria Rosaria Carillo9. Distribution of Agricultural Surplus and Industrial TakeoffEnnio Bilancini and Simone D’Alessandro10. Dualism and the Big PushGiovanni Valensisi11. Labour Productivity and Technological Capability: An Econometric Analysis on the Italian RegionsGiulio GuariniIndex

Edited by Neri Salvadori, Professor of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy, Pasquale Commendatore, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy and Massimo Tamberi,  Associate Professor of Economics, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy

'. . . this book provides a coherent picture of new developments and applications in economic geography with regards to explaining structural change. There is a healthy mix of new theoretical developments and elaborations of the foundational neoclassical economic models, economic growth models, econometric modeling, and hypothesis testing.'

• Contents:IntroductionPasquale Commendatore, Neri Salvadori and Massimo TamberiPART I: THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS: ASPECTS OF LOCATION AND SPECIALIZATION1. Footloose Capital and Productive Public ServicesPasquale Commendatore, Ingrid Kubin and Carmelo Petraglia2. FDI, Mode of Entry and Corporate GovernanceGiuseppina Maria Chiara Talamo3. Natural Resources and Social Conflict: An Explanation of Sub-Saharan Countries’ StagnationDavide Fiaschi4. The Changing Location of European Industry: A Twofold Geographical PerspectiveEleonora Cutrini5. Specialize Rightly or DeclineAlessia Lo Turco and Massimo Tamberi6. South–South Regional Trade Agreements, Comparative Advantage and Industrial Growth: Evidence from MERCOSUR CountriesAlessia Lo TurcoPART II: THE PROCESS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF DUALISM7. Myrdal, Growth Processes and Equilibrium TheoriesCarlo Panico and Maria Olivella Rizza8. The Legacy of Dualism in New Growth TheorySalvatore Capasso and Maria Rosaria Carillo9. Distribution of Agricultural Surplus and Industrial TakeoffEnnio Bilancini and Simone D’Alessandro10. Dualism and the Big PushGiovanni Valensisi11. Labour Productivity and Technological Capability: An Econometric Analysis on the Italian RegionsGiulio GuariniIndex

Edited by Neri Salvadori, Professor of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy, Pasquale Commendatore, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy and Massimo Tamberi,  Associate Professor of Economics, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy

'. . . this book provides a coherent picture of new developments and applications in economic geography with regards to explaining structural change. There is a healthy mix of new theoretical developments and elaborations of the foundational neoclassical economic models, economic growth models, econometric modeling, and hypothesis testing.'

• Contents:IntroductionPasquale Commendatore, Neri Salvadori and Massimo TamberiPART I: THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS: ASPECTS OF LOCATION AND SPECIALIZATION1. Footloose Capital and Productive Public ServicesPasquale Commendatore, Ingrid Kubin and Carmelo Petraglia2. FDI, Mode of Entry and Corporate GovernanceGiuseppina Maria Chiara Talamo3. Natural Resources and Social Conflict: An Explanation of Sub-Saharan Countries’ StagnationDavide Fiaschi4. The Changing Location of European Industry: A Twofold Geographical PerspectiveEleonora Cutrini5. Specialize Rightly or DeclineAlessia Lo Turco and Massimo Tamberi6. South–South Regional Trade Agreements, Comparative Advantage and Industrial Growth: Evidence from MERCOSUR CountriesAlessia Lo TurcoPART II: THE PROCESS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF DUALISM7. Myrdal, Growth Processes and Equilibrium TheoriesCarlo Panico and Maria Olivella Rizza8. The Legacy of Dualism in New Growth TheorySalvatore Capasso and Maria Rosaria Carillo9. Distribution of Agricultural Surplus and Industrial TakeoffEnnio Bilancini and Simone D’Alessandro10. Dualism and the Big PushGiovanni Valensisi11. Labour Productivity and Technological Capability: An Econometric Analysis on the Italian RegionsGiulio GuariniIndex