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Evaluating Regional Competitiveness Policies: Insights from the New Economic Geography

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Potter J. Evaluating regional competitiveness policies: insights from the New Economic Geography, Regional Studies. This paper examines the relevance of theoretical insights emerging from the New Economic Geography (NEG) for the evaluation of regional competitiveness policies. The major value of the NEG for evaluation is that it offers a clear theory of change on how policy can be expected to impact on regional competitiveness and a theoretical framework for considering potential impacts on national growth as well as spatial equity. Its insights can inform the questions that evaluators pose and the processes they seek to measure. NEG ideas on the influences on competitiveness and their outcomes suggest several new evaluation challenges, including extending the scope of the activities evaluated, assessing interrelationships among regions, assessing impacts on net agglomeration economies, evaluating the trade-off between growth and equity, and understanding threshold effects. [image omitted] Potter J. Evaluation des politiques de competitivite regionale: point sur la nouvelle geographie economique, Regional Studies. Cet article examine la pertinence des informations theoriques emergeant de la nouvelle geographie economique (NEG) pour evaluer les politiques de competitivite regionale. L'interet principal de la NEG pour cette evaluation reside dans le fait qu'elle offre une theorie precise du changement et sur l'impact que l'on peut attendre de la politique sur la competitivite regionale et un cadre theorique permettant de considerer les impacts potentiels sur la croissance nationale et sur l'equite spatiale. Ces informations peuvent repondre aux questions que les evaluateurs se posent et sur les processus qu'ils essayent de mesurer. Les idees de la NEG concernant les influences sur la competitivite et leurs resultats suggerent plusieurs nouveaux defis pour l'evaluation, y compris l'extension du domaine des activites evaluees, l'evaluation des relations entre regions, l'evaluation des impacts sur les economies d'agglomeration nettes, l'evaluation des arbitrages entre la croissance et l'equite et la connaissance des effets de seuil. Competitivite regionale Politique regionale Evaluation Nouvelle geographie economique Potter J. Bewertung regionaler Wettbewerbspolitiken: Einblicke der neuen Wirtschaftsgeografie, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, wie relevant die theoretischen Einblicke der neuen Wirtschaftsgeografie fur die Bewertung der regionalen Wettbewerbspolitiken sind. Der wichtigste Wert der neuen Wirtschaftsgeografie liegt darin, dass sie eine klare Theorie der Veranderung im Zusammenhang mit der Frage bietet, inwieweit von der Politik Auswirkungen auf die regionale Wettbewerbsfahigkeit zu erwarten sind, und dass sie einen theoretischen Rahmen zur Untersuchung der potenziellen Auswirkungen auf das landesweite Wachstum sowie auf das raumliche Gleichgewicht liefert. Diese Einblicke konnen sich auf die von Bewertern gestellten Fragen sowie auf die von ihnen zu messenden Verfahren auswirken. Die Ideen der neuen Wirtschaftsgeografie uber die Einflusse der Wettbewerbsfahigkeit und ihre Ergebnisse in diesem Zusammenhang legen mehrere neue Bewertungsmethoden nahe, darunter eine Erweiterung des Umfangs der bewerteten Aktivitaten, eine Bewertung der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Regionen, eine Untersuchung der Auswirkungen auf Netto-Agglomerationswirtschaften, eine Bewertung des Ausgleichs zwischen Wachstum und Gleichgewicht sowie ein Verstandnis der Schwelleneffekte. Regionale Wettbewerbsfahigkeit Regionalpolitik Bewertung Neue Wirtschaftsgeografie Potter J. Evaluacion de las politicas de competitividad regional: ideas de la nueva geografia economica, Regional Studies. En este articulo examino la importancia de las ideas teoricas que surgen de la nueva geografia economica para la evaluacion de las politicas competitivas regionales. El principal valor de la nueva geografia economica para la evaluacion consiste en que ofrece una clara teoria de cambio en cuanto a como puede repercutir la politica en la competitividad regional y una estructura teorica para considerar los posibles efectos en el crecimiento nacional y en la igualdad espacial. Esta perspectiva puede responder a las preguntas que plantean los evaluadores y los procesos que quieren medir. Las ideas de la nueva geografia economica sobre las influencias que se ejercen en la competitividad y sus resultados indican varios retos nuevos de evaluacion, entre ellos una ampliacion del alcance de las actividades evaluadas, la valoracion de las interrelaciones entre las regiones, la valoracion del efecto en las economias netas de aglomeracion, la valoracion de la compensacion entre el crecimiento y la igualdad y la comprension de los efectos umbrales. Competitividad regional Politica regional Evaluacion Nueva geografia economica

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  • Jonathan Potter, 2009. "Evaluating Regional Competitiveness Policies: Insights from the New Economic Geography," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(9), pages 1225-1236.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:43:y:2009:i:9:p:1225-1236
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400801932250
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