.... Research limitations/implications The analysis is limited to regional variations within economically developed states. It would be interesting to test whether the correlation between relative regional development and international success exists in less developed countries. The authors only address mens...

...' growth remains statistically significant. Michael Bleaney can be contacted at: michael.bleaney@nottingham.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Trade Regional development Economic growth In a cross‐country empirical analysis of growth, a natural test of the robustness...

..., the Gini index has been selected as a measure of inequality [4] . The welfare variable has been constructed from the average per capita income and inequality. Income Distribution Regional development Spain However, before moving on to analyse the behaviour of these two variables, it is worth...

... show that manufacturing sectors, a negative financial position, as well as the degree of nominal wage indexation, enhance the effect of monetary policy. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Money Policy Regional development In January 1999, a European Central Bank (ECB) was created...

... grounds, Québec and the rest of Canada being a notable exception from the point of view of language, capital should flow freely to finance the most profitable investments. For a given risk, rates of return on physical capital should be equalized across regions. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Regional...

... are that the supply shocks are almost completely symmetric across UK regions and that there is no evidence of these shocks being propagated slowly across the regions. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Macroeconomics Models Regional development Time series analysis (2) In this case we find no signs...