lnterregional Interdependence and Regional Growth 1965-1990:

The Croonian lecture, 1990. The interdependence of the behavioural sciences.

It is true to say that we live in a time of rapid social change. But it is easy to forget that we also live in, or one could say have lived through, a time of rapid change in the nature of science. The exponential growth of science, and its magnificent achievements, have been accompanied by its disintegration into a multiplicity of subsciences. It is no longer possible for an individual to be a...

Innovation , Technological Interdependence , and Economic Growth ̊ Douglas

There is substantial heterogeneity across industries in the level of interdependence between new and old technologies. I propose a measure of this interdependence–an index of sequentiality in innovation–which is the transfer rate of patents in a particular industry. I find that highly sequential industries have higher profitability, higher variance of firm growth, lower exit rates, and lower ra...

China’s Rise and Regional Strategy: Power, Interdependence and Identity

This article attempts to examine and critique the theoretical debates on the rise of China and its regional strategy in East Asia. Three major paradigms in international relations theories – realism, liberalism and constructivism – are focused on. This article argues that each theoretical theory alone is inadequate for a comprehensive understanding of China’s regional strategy in East Asia sinc...

Cycles Within the System: Metropolitanization and Internal Migration in the U.S., 1965-1990

Regional Economic Growth and Spatial Spillover Effects in MENA Area

T he main objective of this study is to estimate the spatial spillover effects of the economic growth among the selected countries of MENA region. For this purpose, the Spatial Durbin Model in the framework of spatial dynamic panel data was estimated during the period of 1970-2010. The spatial Diagnostic tests affirmed the occurrence of spatial positive autocorrelation phenomenon for...