Regional concentration, trade, and welfare
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Free trade could give rise to a geographic concentration of economic activities within single countries which may contribute to the deterioration of welfare in these regions. Such an adverse effect on welfare can happen even if sectors not directly linked with free trade will experience expansion in response to a need for international specialization. This is so because free trade often prompts labor migration to one region and a subsequent change in relative factor supplies within the region, putting local services at a disadvantage.
Publication Name: Regional Science & Urban Economics
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0166-0462
Year: 1998
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Regional growth in postwar Japan
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A study shows that the Tokyo monopolar system was induced by two changes including a shift from light to heavy industries and the shift from heavy towards high-tech and service industries in Japan. Developments in the country's transportation and telecommunication systems also led to the dispersion of mass-production operations to foreign and nonmetropolitan areas, while knowledge-intensive operations accumulate in Japan's primary areas.
Publication Name: Regional Science & Urban Economics
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0166-0462
Year: 1997
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Policy evaluation quality: a quasi-experimental studyof regional employment subsidies in Sweden
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An analysis of policy evaluation quality and regional employment subsidies ispresented. The analysis applies a quasi-experimental method for feasible conditions and allows the development of the evaluation method. Data from regional employment disparities in Sweden are used for the study. Results show that a reduction in payroll taxes for a depressed region in the country exhibited no major inpact on employment.
Publication Name: Regional Science & Urban Economics
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0166-0462
Year: 1993
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