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Measuring Regional Specialisation

A New Approach

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Presents a brand new measure for regional specialization
  • Covers measures and interpretations of specialization which will be of use to policy makers
  • Presents a comparative analysis of measures
  • Features empirical case studies exploring examples of regional specialisation
  • Supports the ongoing regional policy in the EU

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
  2. Theoretical Foundations of Specialisation, Agglomeration and Concentration

    • Artur Ochojski, Adam Polko, Paweł Churski
    Pages 1-68
  3. Towards Policy – Place-Based Policy and Smart Specialisation

    • Paweł Churski, Dagmara Kociuba, Artur Ochojski, Adam Polko
    Pages 267-380
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 381-466

About this book

This book explores statistical models in regional specialization, presenting a brand new measure. It begins by reviewing existing indicators and models of regional specialization before outlining a newly created, spatially embedded model of specialization based on the spatial distribution of firms. It addresses the various applications of the model, and how the model can be used in regional policy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland

    Katarzyna Kopczewska

  • Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

    Paweł Churski

  • Faculty of Economics, University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

    Artur Ochojski, Adam Polko

About the authors

Katarzyna Kopczewska – quantitative regional economist, spatial econometrician, works at Department of Statistics and Econometrics at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw, Poland.


Paweł Churski - economic geographer, works in the Department of Regional Analysis at the Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.


Adam Polko – urban economist, works in the Department of Spatial Economics at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland.


Artur Ochojski – urban and innovation economist, works in the Department of Strategic and Regional Research at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Measuring Regional Specialisation

  • Book Subtitle: A New Approach

  • Authors: Katarzyna Kopczewska, Paweł Churski, Artur Ochojski, Adam Polko

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51505-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51504-5Published: 11 September 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84669-9Published: 10 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51505-2Published: 31 August 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 466

  • Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Urban Economics

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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