
This book clarifies how globalization, progress in the knowledge-based economy, and demographic change affect regional economic growth, using the latest analytical methods for economic growth. In the last 30 years, Asian countries have realized remarkable economic growth and...

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Issue of Regional Development.- Chapter 2. Growth and International Knowledge Spillovers with Firm Heterogeneity.- Chapter 3. Political Economy of Patent Policy and Economic Growth.- Chapter 4. Abundant Resource Endowments, Institutions and Economic...