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Spatial Policy for Growth and Equity

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In spite of the ongoing efforts that several countries made into promoting a more balanced economic development within their territory, economic growth theory and even empirical evidence do not come to a unanimous conclusion on the efficiency of public intervention. As such, this chapter reviews the various strands of the theoretical literature, analyzes the results of empirical estimations in Europe and in the USA where regional development policies are already well established, and provides recommendations for future research in this field.

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We would like to thank the National Science Foundation (Program NSF-GSS PD-1352) for providing financial support.

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  1. Regional Economics And Spatial Modeling (REASM) Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Dr. Sandy Dall’erba (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Irving Llamosas-Rosas (Ph.D. candidate)

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  1. Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

    Manfred M. Fischer

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    Peter Nijkamp

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Dall’erba, S., Llamosas-Rosas, I. (2014). Spatial Policy for Growth and Equity. In: Fischer, M., Nijkamp, P. (eds) Handbook of Regional Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23430-9_21

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