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From Administrative Spatial Units to Local Labour Market Areas

In: Defining the Spatial Scale in Modern Regional Analysis

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  • Fabio Sforzi

    (University of Parma)

Abstract

The region as the unit of investigation is what distinguishes Regional Economics from other branches of Economics. Edgar M. Hoover, the founder of the Regional Economics, devoted a chapter of his book An Introduction to Regional Economics (Hoover 1971) to the region and its definition.

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  • Fabio Sforzi, 2012. "From Administrative Spatial Units to Local Labour Market Areas," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Esteban Fernández Vázquez & Fernando Rubiera Morollón (ed.), Defining the Spatial Scale in Modern Regional Analysis, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 3-21, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-31994-5_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31994-5_1
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    1. Valter Di Giacinto & Marcello Pagnini, 2021. "Local and global agglomeration patterns in the banking sector: the calm in the mid of a storm," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 610, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    2. Joan Trullén & Rafael Boix & Vittorio Galletto, 2013. "An insight on the unit of analysis in urban research," Chapters, in: Peter Karl Kresl & Jaime Sobrino (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies, chapter 10, pages 235-266, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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