Articles in this publication are based on papers presented at the 1998 Savonlinna seminar on Nordic Regional Economics. Papers were selected to represent specific subject areas and describe some prevailing research trends in regional economics in the Nordic countries.
Contents:
PART I: PLENUM PAPERS
Osmo Forssell: Economic research challenges for the Northern Dimension
Heikki Eskelinen: From the shadow of the forests towards learning-based specialisation: the uphill struggle of Eastern Finland
PART 2: REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS
Introduction by Ilkka Susiluoto
Gerard J. Eding and Henk J. Nijmeijer: The estimation of trade in interregional input-output tables
Juha Piispala: Regional input-output tables based on a supply-and-use framework: the Finnish case
Knut Ingar Westeren: Large companies in peripheral regions - input-output analysis of development trends
PART III: LABOUR MOBILITY
Introduction by Hannu Tervo
Mats Johansson and Lars Olof Persson: Aspects of interregional labour mobility in Sweden
Jari Ritsilä and Hannu Tervo: Regional differences in migratory behaviour in Finland
Elli Heikkilä and Lasse Sigbjørn Stambøl: Regional labour force migration: a Finnish-Norwegian experience
PART IV: GROWTH, CONVERGENCE AND SPECIALISATION
Introduction by Aku Alanen
Aki Kangasharju and Aku Alanen: Convergence or divergence? Evolution of regional GDP per capita in the Nordic countries
Sari Pekkala: Aggregate economic fluctuations and regional productivity convergence: the Finnish case 1988-95
Kimmo Niiranen: Industrial specialisation of local economies in Finland: what do statistics reveal?
Lea Ylänen Pelkonen: Human capital as a growth factor in Finnish provinces 1970-1995
PART V: SUMMARY MODELS
REGIONAL ACCOUNTS AND REGIONAL MODELS: GRASPING THE LOCAL MULTIPLIER EFFECTS
Introduction by Jan Mønnesland
Bjarne Madsen, Chris Jensen-Butler, Trine Filges and Jens Lehrmann Rasmussen: Local national accounts for Denmark: the SAM approach
Trine Filges, Jens Lehrmann Rasmussen, Bjarne Madsen and Chris Jensen-Butler: LINE: a model of 275 Danish municipalities
Michael J. Swanson, George W. Morse and Knut Ingar Westeren: Estimating regional purchase coefficients from value-added-tax data
PART 6: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES - A NORDIC PANEL'S ASSESSMENT