In search of the 'economic dividend' of devolution: Spatial disparities, spatial economic policy, and decentralization in the UK

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-28

  Pike, Andy ^a   Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^b,c   Tomaney, John ^a   Torrisi, Gianpiero ^a   Tselios, Vassilis ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Social Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Devolution; Economic dividend; Spatial disparities; Spatial economic policy; UK

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVOLUTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC POLICY; SPATIAL PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856354359     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c10214r     Document Type: Article

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