Ebook: Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling

Globalization is affecting regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate change. To understand better how this works, we need both conceptual and methodological contributions. We need new schemes to organize our thinking, direct our attention, and frame thought experiments on the basis of which guidance may be offered. And we need methodological innovations that enable us to carry out studies and thought experiments at levels of spatial and temporal resolution and formal complexity adequate to capture and account for the phenomena that characterize globalization. The chapters of this volume, written by an international cast of eminent regional scientists, represent contributions of both types, in many cases introducing and demonstrating the use of new tools for analyzing and understanding enormous changes underway in regional economies around the world.

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Globalization affects regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate change. To understand better how this works, we need both conceptual and methodological contributions. We need new schemes to organize our thinking, direct our attention, and frame thought experiments on the basis of which guidance may be offered. In addition, we need methodological innovations that enable us to carry out studies and thought experiments at levels of spatial and temporal resolution and formal complexity adequate to capture and account for the phenomena that characterize globalization. The chapters of this volume, written by an international cast of eminent regional scientists, represent contributions of both types, in many cases introducing and demonstrating the use of new tools for analyzing and understanding enormous changes underway in regional economies around the world.

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Globalization affects regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate change. To understand better how this works, we need both conceptual and methodological contributions. We need new schemes to organize our thinking, direct our attention, and frame thought experiments on the basis of which guidance may be offered. In addition, we need methodological innovations that enable us to carry out studies and thought experiments at levels of spatial and temporal resolution and formal complexity adequate to capture and account for the phenomena that characterize globalization. The chapters of this volume, written by an international cast of eminent regional scientists, represent contributions of both types, in many cases introducing and demonstrating the use of new tools for analyzing and understanding enormous changes underway in regional economies around the world.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling: Analytical and Methodological Challenges....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Technology, Information and the Geography of Global and Regional Trade....Pages 15-34
Transport, Globalization and the Changing Concept of the Region....Pages 35-43
ICT, the New Economy and Growth: The Potential for Emerging Markets....Pages 45-68
The Aging of the Labor Force and Globalization....Pages 69-85
The Role of Intraindustry Trade in Interregional Trade in the Midwest of the US....Pages 87-105
Globalization, Regional Economic Policy and Research....Pages 107-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Globalization and Intermodal Transportation: Modeling Terminal Locations Using a Three-Spatial Scales Framework....Pages 133-152
The Evolution of OECD ICT Inter-Cluster Networks 1970–2000: An Input-Output Study of Changes in the Interdependencies Between Nine OECD Economies....Pages 153-182
The Co-Evolution and Emergence of Integrated International Financial Networks and Social Networks: Theory, Analysis, and Computations....Pages 183-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Regional Adjustment to Globalization: A CGE Analytical Framework....Pages 229-261
Modeling Small Area Economic Change in Conjunction with a Multiregional CGE Model....Pages 263-288
Impact Assessment of Clean Development Mechanisms in a General Spatial Equilibrium Context....Pages 289-326
An Environmental Socioeconomic Framework Model for Adapting to Climate Change in China....Pages 327-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Effects of Trade on Emissions in an Enlarged European Union: Some Comparative Dynamics Analyses with an Empirically Based Endogenous Growth Model....Pages 353-392
Modeling Globalization: A Spatial Econometric Analysis....Pages 393-416
Risk and Growth: Theoretical Relationships and Preliminary Estimates for South Africa....Pages 417-464
Back Matter....Pages 465-473

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Globalization affects regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate change. To understand better how this works, we need both conceptual and methodological contributions. We need new schemes to organize our thinking, direct our attention, and frame thought experiments on the basis of which guidance may be offered. In addition, we need methodological innovations that enable us to carry out studies and thought experiments at levels of spatial and temporal resolution and formal complexity adequate to capture and account for the phenomena that characterize globalization. The chapters of this volume, written by an international cast of eminent regional scientists, represent contributions of both types, in many cases introducing and demonstrating the use of new tools for analyzing and understanding enormous changes underway in regional economies around the world.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling: Analytical and Methodological Challenges....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Technology, Information and the Geography of Global and Regional Trade....Pages 15-34
Transport, Globalization and the Changing Concept of the Region....Pages 35-43
ICT, the New Economy and Growth: The Potential for Emerging Markets....Pages 45-68
The Aging of the Labor Force and Globalization....Pages 69-85
The Role of Intraindustry Trade in Interregional Trade in the Midwest of the US....Pages 87-105
Globalization, Regional Economic Policy and Research....Pages 107-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Globalization and Intermodal Transportation: Modeling Terminal Locations Using a Three-Spatial Scales Framework....Pages 133-152
The Evolution of OECD ICT Inter-Cluster Networks 1970–2000: An Input-Output Study of Changes in the Interdependencies Between Nine OECD Economies....Pages 153-182
The Co-Evolution and Emergence of Integrated International Financial Networks and Social Networks: Theory, Analysis, and Computations....Pages 183-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Regional Adjustment to Globalization: A CGE Analytical Framework....Pages 229-261
Modeling Small Area Economic Change in Conjunction with a Multiregional CGE Model....Pages 263-288
Impact Assessment of Clean Development Mechanisms in a General Spatial Equilibrium Context....Pages 289-326
An Environmental Socioeconomic Framework Model for Adapting to Climate Change in China....Pages 327-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Effects of Trade on Emissions in an Enlarged European Union: Some Comparative Dynamics Analyses with an Empirically Based Endogenous Growth Model....Pages 353-392
Modeling Globalization: A Spatial Econometric Analysis....Pages 393-416
Risk and Growth: Theoretical Relationships and Preliminary Estimates for South Africa....Pages 417-464
Back Matter....Pages 465-473
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