ISSUE INFORMATION

Free Access

Issue Information

Pages: 1093 | First Published: 25 August 2021

INTRODUCTION

Regional development in Latin America

Patricio Aroca, Carlos Azzoni

Pages: 1094-1095 | First Published: 25 August 2021

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Institutional fragmentation and metropolitan coordination in Latin American cities: Are there links with city productivity?

Juan C. Duque, Nancy Lozano-Gracia, Jorge E. Patino, Paula Restrepo Cadavid

Pages: 1096-1128 | First Published: 08 July 2020

The effect of a free trade agreement with the United States on member countries' per capita GDP: A synthetic control analysis

Esteban Colla-De-Robertis, Rafael Garduno Rivera

Pages: 1129-1145 | First Published: 02 February 2021

Regional economic growth and convergence: The role of institutions and spillover effects in Colombia

Juan Manuel Aristizábal, Gustavo A. García

Pages: 1146-1161 | First Published: 19 August 2020

Regional convergence, spatial scale, and spatial dependence: Evidence from homicides and personal injuries in Colombia 2010–2018

Felipe Santos-Marquez, Carlos Mendez

Pages: 1162-1184 | First Published: 28 September 2020

Market competition and firm productivity and innovation: Responses in Mexican manufacturing industries

Rut Atayde, Rafael Garduño, Eduardo Robles, Pluvia Zúñiga

Pages: 1185-1214 | First Published: 05 April 2021

Determinants of manufacturing micro firms' productivity in Ecuador. Do industry and canton where they operate matter?

Grace Carolina Guevara-Rosero

Pages: 1215-1248 | First Published: 02 February 2021

Spatial and non‐spatial proximity in university–industry collaboration: Mutual reinforcement and decreasing effects

Emerson Gomes Santos, Renato Garcia, Veneziano Araujo, Suelene Mascarini, Ariana Costa

Pages: 1249-1261 | First Published: 06 July 2020

Evaluating the effectiveness of ChileCompra's Entrepreneurship Centers policy

Sergio A. Contreras, Andrew J. Greenlee

Pages: 1262-1282 | First Published: 03 March 2021

Regional disparities in Mexico and the spatially cumulative effects of national development and economic cycles, 1940–2013

Alejandra Trejo Nieto

Pages: 1283-1296 | First Published: 04 July 2020

Regional development gaps in Argentina: A multidimensional approach to identify the location of policy priorities

Andrés Niembro, Jésica Sarmiento

Pages: 1297-1327 | First Published: 02 August 2020

Open Access

A multi‐scale approach to rural depopulation in Mexico

Liliana Castillo-Rivero, Philip McCann, Frans J. Sijtsma

Pages: 1328-1347 | First Published: 04 December 2020

Dimensions of local development in the Colombian Pacific Region

Eduardo Amaral Haddad, Inácio Fernandes de Araújo, Vinícius de Almeida Vale, Henry Duque Sandoval, Paola Andrea Garizado Roman, Lilian Andrea Carrillo Rodríguez, Elizabeth Aponte Jaramillo, Leidy Julieth Gruesso Lopez

Pages: 1348-1370 | First Published: 11 July 2021

Urban sprawl and the cost of providing local public services: Empirical evidence for Brazilian municipalities

Karina Simone Sass, Alexandre Alves Porsse

Pages: 1371-1387 | First Published: 15 September 2020

INVITED REVIEW

Does per capita income cause homicide rates? An application of an IV spatial model

Rogério Pereira, Tatiane Almeida de Menezes

Pages: 1388-1400 | First Published: 22 May 2020

BOOK REVIEW

Jones, Garett, 2020. 10% less democracy: Why you should trust elites a little more and the masses a little less. Stanford University press, Stanford, CA. US$22.91, Hb, 233 pp., ISBN 978–1–5,036‐0357‐8, DOI: 10.1515/9781503611214

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

Pages: 1401-1402 | First Published: 31 May 2021

ISSUE INFORMATION

Free Access

Issue Information

Pages: 845-846 | First Published: 23 August 2021

FULL ARTICLES

A spatial regression methodology for exploring the role of regional connectivity in knowledge production: Evidence from Chinese regions

Yuxue Sheng, James LeSage

Pages: 847-874 | First Published: 08 March 2021

Estimation of regional input coefficients and output multipliers for the regions of Chile

Cristian Mardones, Darling Silva

Pages: 875-889 | First Published: 10 April 2021

Measuring fiscal interactions in local federalism: Evidence from Florida

Kevin Willardsen

Pages: 891-923 | First Published: 22 February 2021

Home Sweet Home: the Effect of Sugar Protectionism on Emigration in Italy, 1876‐1913

Carlo Ciccarelli, Alberto Dalmazzo, Daniela Vuri

Pages: 925-957 | First Published: 07 April 2021

Open Access

Social media adoption in Italian firms. Opportunities and challenges for lagging regions

Martina Aronica, Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti, Davide Piacentino

Pages: 959-978 | First Published: 19 April 2021

Measuring insularity as a state of nature

Vania Licio, Anna Maria Pinna

Pages: 979-1004 | First Published: 27 January 2021

From hot to cold: A spatial analysis of self‐employment in the United States

Alejandro Almeida, Antonio Golpe, Raquel Justo

Pages: 1005-1023 | First Published: 03 February 2021

Open Access

Age cohort effects on unemployment in the USA: Evidence from the regional level

Carsten Ochsen

Pages: 1025-1053 | First Published: 11 February 2021

Quantile regression on the nonlinear relationship between land use and trip time

Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim

Pages: 1055-1077 | First Published: 21 January 2021

Open Access

A machine learning approach to rural entrepreneurship

Mehmet Güney Celbiş

Pages: 1079-1104 | First Published: 22 January 2021

BOOK REVIEW

Survival of the city: Living and thriving in an age of isolation By Edward Glaeser and David Cutler, Penguin Press, 2021. 480 pages. $14.99 (Kindle). ISBN 0593297687

Andrea Caragliu

Pages: 1105-1110 | First Published: 07 June 2021

Dear Colleagues

I wish you are all safe and well.

Please submit your contribution to the workshop we are co-organizing devoted to the subject: 

Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Low-Industrial-Density Regions

Home (apdr.pt)

Submissions must be made by next September 17, 2021.

Please find also attached a CfP associated with this workshop, which will be organized in a hybrid format.

So we are welcoming your presentations that can be delivered through physical or virtual terms.

Yours faithfully

João Carlos Correia Leitão, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor with Habilitation 

University of Beira Interior  

Faculty of Human and Social Sciences

Department of Management and Economics

UBIExecutive, Business School 

Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209 Covilhã, Portugal 

RSPP Call for Papers

Special Issue on:

Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Low-Industrial-Density Regions

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play a highly significant role in developing their influence regions, due to its contribution both for intellectual and civic progress. HEIs have the responsibility to become deeply engaged with the societal challenges (Boyer, 2016), since they should be positioned as open institutions, with a proactive role in promoting a sustainable development of regions and people. From here, it results a need to better understand, and define the Civic Universities (CivUs), which play a significant role in fostering the regional development of Low-Industrial-Density Regions.

The idea of civic engagement of the Universities was originally described by Boyer (1996), in what he named as  scholarship of engagement, that is, a construct based on four pillars, namely: (I) the scholarship of discovery, pushing back the frontiers of human knowledge; (II) the scholarship of integration, creating more interdisciplinary conversations; (III) the scholarship of sharing knowledge, being a communal act; and (IV) the application of knowledge, moving from theory to practice back to theory.

In this line of reasoning, the CivUs should be deeply integrated in their communities. As such, CivUs should organize their teaching and researching activities, in order to train future citizens with the focus of entrepreneurship for societal innovation (Goddard and Vallance, 2011). CivUs have the potential for providing viable solutions for several societal problems, such as ageing, degenerative diseases, sustainability, smart mobility solutions, urban living, food security, water management, clean manufacturing, and environmental innovation (Goddard and Vallance, 2012; Unger et al., 2020).

The aim of this special issue is thus to bring together scientific contributions from interconnected research fields, helping to unveil and better understand the role played the CivUs in addressing the societal challenges and the prosecution of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), targeted to a sustainable regional development. Following this rationale, we are welcoming both theoretical and empirical contributions, focused on responding to the guiding g research question, that is: What is the role played by the CivUs in fostering sustainable regional development, especially, in low-industrial-density regions?

Examples of research topics that are considered relevant for this special issue, are as follows:

• Benchmarks and Good-Practices of Civic Universities
• Clusters, Industrial Districts and Productivity of Low-Industrial-Density Regions
• Cross-border Relationships and Sustainable Development
• Demography and Regional Development of Low-Density Regions
• Determinants of Performance of Low-Density Regions
• Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions
• Geography and Space Determinants of the Performance of Low-Density Regions
• Higher Educations Institutions and Sustainable Regional Development
• History, Culture and Development Pathway of Low-Density Regions
• Intellectual Capital of Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Regional Development
• Knowledge and Technology Transfer of Higher Educations Institutions and SDGs
• Natural Resources and Sustainable Regional Development
• New Public Policies for Intelligent Smart Specialization Strategies
• Territorial Competitiveness and Inclusiveness of Low-density-industrial Regions

Planning

There are three alternative ways to select papers for this special issue:

• A selection of extended abstracts submitted to the 26^th APDR Workshop​ will be invited to deliver a full paper.
• Authors not attending the conferences above mentioned may send an extended abstract (1,200-2,000 words) to the editors until October 30, 2021

Please note that the full paper must be submitted to RSPP by January 31, 2022.

Editors

• João Leitão, University of Beira Interior, NECE and ICS, University of Lisbon, Portugal This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  
• Alessandra Faggian, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Martina Dal Molin, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

References

Boyer, E. L. (1996). The scholarship of engagement. Journal of Public Service and Outreach, 1(1), 11-20.

Boyer, E. L. (2016). The scholarship of engagement. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 20(1), 15–28. https://doi.org/10.2307/3824459                

Goddard, John, & Vallance, P. (2012). The civic university: Connecting the global and the local. Universities, Cities and Regions: Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation, January, 43–63. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203097144

Unger, M., Marsan, G. A., Meissner, D., Polt, W., & Cervantes, M. (2020). New challenges for universities in the knowledge triangle. Journal of Technology Transfer, 45(3), 806–819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-018-9699-8

Corina Cretu, Romania - EP Member, Former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Eduardo Haddad, Brazil - University of Sao Paulo, President of the Regional Science Association International
Peter Nijkamp, The Netherlands - Free University of Amsterdam, Past President of the European Regional Science Association and the Regional Science Association International
André Torre, France - University Paris-Saclay and INRAE, President of the European Regional Science Association

Chaired by:
Rosella Nicolini, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, ERSA Secretary

Participants:
Bulgarian Section: Kosyo Stoychev
Croatian Section: Vinko Mustra
Greek Section: Yannis Psycharis
Romanian Section: Daniela Constantin
Turkish Section: Tuzin Baycan

Main topics:

• Recent trends in spatial development
• Spatial planning and territorial cohesion
• Endogenous growth and territorial capital
• Migration, employment and labour markets
• Clusters, networks and regional smart specialization
• SMEs, entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness
• Tourism, cultural industries and regional development
• Smart, sustainable and resilient cities
• Innovation, technological transformation and green transition
• Urban-rural linkages
• Multi-level governance and citizen participation
• Territorial cooperation - drivers and challenges
• Institutions, investments and regional policy

The abstract must not exceed 400 words (including keywords and JEL Classification). It should be sent by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying in the email’s subject Abstract RRSA 2021.

Those interested in having their paper published should submit the full paper at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying in the email’s subject Full paper RRSA 2021. The paper (5000-8000 words) may be published after peer-review in one of the following journals:

• Romanian Journal of Regional Science
• Contemporary Economy
• The USV Annals in Economics and Public Administration
• Journal of Academic Research in Economics

Maximum two papers per participant are accepted.

Registration fee - Euros or the equivalent in lei (for Romanian participants)
From 4.10.2021 to 22.10.2021

Bank account:
Account holder: ASOCIATIA ROMÂNĂ DE ȘTIINȚE REGIONALE
IBAN: RO66RNCB0072049702590001
Bank details: BCR - Sucursala sector 1, Calea Victoriei 155
Reference field: RRSA Conference 2021 and Name of Participant.

Please do not forget to send us by email the proof of your payment, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Important deadlines:
Abstract submission – 19 September 2021
The confirmation of abstract acceptance– 3 October 2021
Full paper submission – 31 October 2021
The payment of registration fee – 22 October 2021
Posted conference programme & Zoom links – 1 November 2021

Contact persons:
• Cristina Serbanica:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
• Amalia Cristescu: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Conference on Diversity and Development 21 and 22 August 2021

Special Session on Writing for Journals - Day 1 (Saturday): 21 August 2021

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99588722828?pwd=QitsNWZLVmF2d3I0UHN1ZUYyalBJdz09

Meeting ID: 995 8872 2828

Passcode: 163488

Full programme schedule for the Conference on Diversity and Development to be held on 21 and 22 August 2021 attached.

3rd Annual Conference on Regional Science (ACRS 3) 2021

CALL FOR PAPER FOR THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Regional Development at the Time of Uncertainty

Conference Theme

Any development decision needs to consider uncertainty of future events which may impact implementation of development plans. With globalization, nations are interconnected now. Problems in one region has its domino effect on other regions. The ongoing pandemic makes it amply clear. The development planners are confronted with an uphill task of choosing a path to development because of increasing uncertainty in future due to unprecedented and unanticipated problems with different magnitudes. Covid-19 or extreme events induced by climate change are examples. Researchers need to devise ways and means to address such problems in a systematic and realistic manner. Against this backdrop, Bangladesh Regional Science Association (BRSA) and the Canter for Regional Development Studies (CRDS), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) are organizing the 3rd Annual Conference on Regional Science (ACRS 3) and inviting paper for presentation at the virtual conference.

Young researchers (below 30 years of age) are especially encouraged to submit papers for a special session for young researchers.

The focus of the conference is regional development in the time of uncertainty. To address this multi-faceted theme of the conference, papers are expected in the following areas:

Sub-Themes of the Conference

• Regional Development and Public Health
• Climate Change, Disaster Management and Regional Development
• Regional Transportation
• Natural Resource Management
• Urban and Regional Economy
• Migration, Rural – Urban Linkage
• Impact of Mega-Infrastructure in Regional Development
• Agriculture and Rural Economics
• Innovation and Impact of Information Technology
• Politics and Governance in Regional Development
• Gender and Social Issues in Regional Development
• Cities in uncertain time

In addition, there would be three workshops addressing the need of young researcher and two keynote speech on burning issues on Regional Development at home and abroad.

Workshops for Young Researchers

• Tools and Methods for Regional Scientists
• Publishing in Regional Science Journals
• Regional Science in Development Planning

Important Dates

Last Date of Submission of Abstract – 22nd August 2021

Announcement of Acceptance of Abstract – 30th August 2021

Last Date of Full Paper Submission – 30th September 2021

Date of Conference -- 21-23rd October 2021

Submission Portal: www.brsabd.org

THE NEW ISSUE OF REGIONAL STATISTICS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE!

We are pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Regional Statistics has been released and now it’s avaiable online.

 http://www.ksh.hu/terstat_eng_current_issue

REGIONAL STATISTICS, 2021, VOL 11, No 3.

STUDIES

Viktor Pál – Gábor Lados– Zsófia Ilcsikné Makra – Lajos Boros – Annamária Uzzoli – Szabolcs Fabula – Concentration and inequality in the geographic distribution of physicians in the European Union, 2006–2018

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110308.pdf

Györgyi Nyikos – Bettina Soha – Attila Béres – Entrepreneurial resilience and firm performance during the COVID-19 crisis – Evidence from Hungary

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110307.pdf

Nándor Zagyi – Róbert Kuszinger – Zoltán Wilhelm – Characteristics of recent urbanisation in India in light of the divergent development paths of metropolises

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110301.pdf

Rūta Ubarevičienė – Vaida Tretjakova – Gintarė Pociūtė-Sereikienė – The effects of individual and regional factors on adolescent fertility rates: The case of Lithuania

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110305.pdf

Rahma Fitriani – Zerlita F. Pusdiktasari – Herman C. Diartho – Growth interdependence in the presence of spatial outliers: Implementation of an average difference algorithm on East Java regional economic growth, 2011–2016

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110306.pdf

Wahyu Wibowo – Brodjol Sutijo Suprih Ulama – Tiodora Hadumaon Siagian – Taly Purwa – Regina Niken Wilantari – Impact of earthquakes on the number of airline passenger arrivals and departures: A case study of West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110302.pdf

Tibor Elekes – Ferenc Szilágyi – Changes in the population and ethnic structure in the towns of Székely Land between 1910 and 2011

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110304.pdf

Bulcsú Remenyik – Attila Barcza – János Csapó – Barna Szabó – Gyula Fodor – Lóránt Dénes Dávid – Overtourism in Budapest: Analysis of spatial process and suggested solutions

http://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_03/rs110303.pdf

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West Virginia University is requesting applications for the position of Director of the Regional Research Institute. 

The Regional Research Institute, established in 1965, is an internationally prominent center for the advancement of regional science, an interdisciplinary field that links economics, resource management, geography, planning, and other social sciences. The Institute serves as a center for regional-level social science research at West Virginia University and creates learning and research opportunities for faculty research associates from six colleges, outstanding students, and an extensive national and international network of scholars. It takes a leadership role in conducting and promoting multidisciplinary research on the theory, history, economics, and politics of regional development, and evaluating public policy using qualitative and quantitative methods as they relate to Appalachia, elsewhere in the U.S., and abroad. Priority research interests will support the Institute’s ongoing mission, focusing on economic development of lagging regions, and emphasizing topics related to sustainability, energy, environment, and public health. 

The Institute Director is a full-time position reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Creative and Scholarly Activity. The Director is expected to: 

• • Provide intellectual leadership to WVU faculty and students engaged in basic and applied regional research, 
• • Foster a stimulating environment that supports interdisciplinary research, 
• • Develop internal and external support for research and other scholarly activities that advance the mission of the Institute, 
• • Conduct high-quality scholarly research that maintains WVU's standing as an internationally recognized center of excellence for regional research, 
• • Obtain competitively funded external support for his/her personal research and publish regularly in leading regional research journals of regional research. 

Additional detail on this position and online application instructions can be found here. 

The review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until a director has been named. The position will be available January 1, 2022. To receive full consideration, applications should be received by August 30, 2021.