This paper is an inquiry into the process of defining the parameters of economic geography research from both a methodological and epistemological point of view. I ask what it means that research ...parameters are often difficult to define, while also acknowledging that strictly defining research may be disadvantageous in efforts to retain complexity and nuance. I draw on research with startup firms in San Francisco, California and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario and insights from feminist economic geography and post-structuralist theory. ‘Startup,’ as denoting at once a discourse and an actual type of firm or working practice, is privileged by economic policy in both the US and Canada as promising regional economic development driven by technological- and knowledge-based forms of entrepreneurship. Startup purports a new, modern, and innovative form of work. Yet separating out the startup discourse from startups themselves, e.g., for purposes pertaining to the practicalities of research design, can be difficult. I argue that it may be useful to hold open the definition of one’s research objects, in order to allow multiple understandings of terms to proliferate, so as not to circumscribe in advance the set of interpretations that might otherwise be possible. I make this argument through two interrelated claims: first a methodological claim around what it means to define research around the term startup; and second an epistemological claim about how uncertain terms like startup can be conceptualized as economic performatives. I situate these two claims as a prism for thinking through the complexity and problematic of defining research in general.
Developing new types of transportation is considered a key solution to meet the extreme demands placed on traditional transportation infrastructure due to the increasing flow of production factors ...for national urban growth, especially in emerging economies. Both city transportation networks and city economic networks reflect intercity relationships in urban systems from different aspects. Although HSR networks are being developed rapidly worldwide, we still lack a deep understanding on how HSR relates to the economic growth of urban agglomerations from a “double-network” perspective. In this research, we first built city HSR networks and city economic networks, respectively, before the QAP method was used to examine their relationship during 2010–2015. By analyzing comparatively the differences of the coupling relationship in various areas in China as a typical case, this study contributes to the understanding of the dynamic coupling relationship between new forms of transportation and regional economic development. We found a strong coupling relationship between HSR and economic growth, and HSR tends to play a more prominent role in promoting urban integration and development in areas with more developed economies (coefficients of more developed areas are all above 0.6, while that of less developed areas are below 0.4). Such correlated relationship is more obvious in smaller administrative scopes compared to cross-administrative regions. This study proposed a research framework for “double-network” analysis in exploring the relationship between the different networks. It could also provide policy implantation for balanced regional development in emerging economies.
•A new approach is provided to study the relationship between city transportation and economy system.•Network comparative analysis of city high-speed rail network and city economic network in China•Urban spatial patterns highly correlate with regional economic structure.•A significant positive coupling relationship exists between high-speed rail and economic growth.•Positive relationship between new form of transportation and economic growth is more obvious in developed areas.
(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted)Regional economic development in Europe: the role of total factor productivity. Regional Studies. This paper documents the fact that the large and ...persistent differences in economic development across subnational regions in European Union countries can largely be attributed to differences in total factor productivity (TFP). Applying the technique of development accounting, the paper decomposes differences in output per worker across 257 European Union regions into a component due to the local availability of production factors and a component due to TFP. As the analysis reveals, TFP differences are large even within countries, and are strongly related to economic geography and historical development paths. This suggests limited interregional diffusion of technology and of efficient production practices.
Economic development in a region is not only measured by the fiscal dimension andthe economic growth but also based on the income distribution. This study aims toanalyze the effect of fiscal ...decentralization on investment, economic growth, economic structure, employment opportunities, and income inequality between districts/cities in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. This study uses panel data (2013-2019) of the amalgamation of seven districts and three cities in East Kalimantan Province, analyzed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The findings show that regional tax plays a crucial role in enhancing regional investment, economic growth, and employment opportunities. It is also important for reducing the economic structure imbalance and income inequality. Profit-sharing funds improve regional investment, economic growth, and employment opportunities. At the same time, special allocation increases employment opportunities and economic structure imbalance. Furthermore, regional retribution increases employment opportunities and reduces the economic structure imbalance, but it harms regional economic growth. The practical implications offer solutions to the realization of local revenue sources for economic development and alleviation of social problems, such as employment opportunities and inequality in welfare.
Regional economic development gained increasing relevance in European policy agendas after the Second World War, especially under the implementation of indicative planning. Likewise, a lively debate ...arose between the growth poles approach and the balanced growth theory. The main aim of this paper is to analyse this dilemma mainly through contributions from the Revista de Economía de Galicia (Galician Economic Review), as a representative observatory of this controversial discussion in the Francoist regime. National and international contributions underlined the positive potential effects of fostering an upgrading process of traditional sectors as a way of enhancing balanced and endogenous growth.
The geographical nature of knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurship has been well documented in the literature. In most regional or urban studies, these two topics are separately discussed. This ...research reviews literature at the intersection of knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and regional economic development. The key argument is that entrepreneurship can serve as a mechanism for transmitting knowledge spillovers and accordingly contribute to regional innovation, cluster formation, and economic development. However, the effectiveness of this mechanism depends on various factors in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, notably including knowledge bases, absorptive capacity, competition, networks of people, diversity, and culture.
This paper aims to revisit Chinese resource curse hypothesis in the recent era of globalization. The study used provincial panel data of China ranging from year 2005–2018. Spatial regression partial ...differential method has been employed to test the resource curse hypothesis to reveal the relationship between China's economic growth and natural resources with new features in recent era of globalization. Empirical findings show that there is significant spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity in China's provincial economic growth under the spatial correlation model; the intra-regional spillover effect, regional spillover effect and total spatial spillover effect of natural resources on economic growth are significantly negative. Similarly, it confirms the existence of resource curse hypothesis. Moreover, the total effect, indirect effect and direct effect of material capital investment and technological innovation on economic growth are positive. It means that the regional economy will grow due to technological innovation and physical capital investment. Correspondingly, this growth will radiate to the surrounding areas. However, the decomposition effect of the labor supply situation on economic growth is negative. So, it can be pointed out that the regional economic growth rate will slow down due to the expansion of the labor force population. But, the overall effect of human capital investment is positive, which means it can significantly promote economic growth. Although, the direct effect of opening to the outside world on economic growth is negative, but its overall effect on economic growth is positive which shows whether opening to the outside world can stimulate the economy varies from different places.
•We verified whether there is a resource curse hypothesis in China.•We use spatial measurement models for empirical testing.•We analyzed the time evolution of resource curse theory and experience.•Our study offer suggestions for circumventing resource curses.
Workforce migration plays a strong role in reallocating productive resources and provides important clues for understanding socio-economic dynamics. In this paper, we demonstrate that like a natural ...shock, the Spring Festival in China culturally drives workforce to travel between workplaces and hometowns, and hence the resulting trajectories in online social media open an unparallelled window to explore laws in nation-wide workforce migration. To understand the dynamics behind workforce migration between Chinese cities, a prediction model is built by profiling the tradeoff between interest articulation and cost elusion in migration decision. Interesting migration patterns are further revealed and economic implications beyond these patterns, like the filter effect of labour market and the agglomeration effect of core cities, are fully explored, which is of great help to understand different roles of Chinese cities in their own and regional economic developments. To our best knowledge, our work is among the few studies that can leverage the full data in a social media platform for comprehensive investigation.
•We explore workforce migration on social media during the Spring Festival.•A prediction model is built by profiling core driving forces in migration decision.•Mainstream patterns in inter-city workforce migration are revealed.•Malfunction of megacities in regional development is explored.•Agglomeration effect and filter effect are unveiled for policymaking in regional economic development.
Although many discussions of regional economic development have been made to this day, the regional economic development sector is constantly looking for new models to address the many challenges of ...each region in a sustainable way. This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between social entrepreneurship and regional economic development, focusing on government-driven social enterprises in South Korea. I conduct an exploratory study of government support for social enterprises in South Korea at the local and central government level and empirically examine the relationship between social entrepreneurship and regional economic development by using time sequential panel data collected over an eight-year period from 2007 to 2014. Results from panel regression (fixed-effect and random-effect) models indicate that social entrepreneurship measured as the number of government-driven social enterprises has a positive relationship with regional economic development. As claimed in numerous previous studies on regional economic development, the fixed-effect regression results of this study also indicate that physical capital, human capital, knowledge capital, and entrepreneurship are all significant and important factors shaping regional economic output. The results of this study suggest a new direction for policy that focuses on instruments to promote social entrepreneurship. Thus, governments of each region need to make efforts to promote job creation in social enterprises because they possess the ability to efficiently respond to the immediate needs of local social enterprises. These government-driven social enterprises can contribute to regional economic development through creating new jobs in South Korea.
Education resources refer to the sum of all manpower, material resources and financial resources invested in educational activities, which are scarce and mobile. On the one hand, due to the ...particularity of educational industry, education can’t provide education for everyone, and it’s also impossible for the state and society to put all resources into education due to the constraints of regional economic and social development. The allocation of educational resources is regional, and a balanced allocation of educational resources will have a great impact on the overall level of vocational education in different regions. Its coordination with regional economic development is also one of the indicators to evaluate educational resources. Therefore, the development status of each region is probably caused by the difference of education level. The influence of education on regional economic development has also become a hot topic discussed by scholars. In this paper, the influence of educational resources on regional economic development is further studied, and the research shows that the coordinated development of education and economy just adapts to Scientific Outlook on Development Thought of rapid, sound and balanced development. Education and economic development are mutually reinforcing and interdependent. The development of education promotes the economy, which in turn can provide more development resources and opportunities for education.
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