Regional cohesion and competition in the age of globalization / edited by Hirotada Kohno, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Globalization and Spatial Diversity: an Overview / Hirotada Kohno, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot -- 2. Globalization and the Borderless Economy: Perspectives for a Twenty-first Century Regional Science / Kingsley E. Haynes and Mustafa Dinc -- 3. A Welfare Analysis of Regional Economic Integration / Tesshu Koshiba -- 4. A General Equilibrium Analysis of International Trade with the Stackelberg Duopoly / Takafumi Matsuba and Makoto Tawada -- 5. The Pattern of Industrialization of the South / Masamichi Kawano -- 6. International Transaction Costs, Trade in Producer Services and FDI Agglomeration / Dapeng Hu.

"Contributors discuss issues including the impact and implications of European expansion as well as developments in the Asia-Pacific region. They also examine the driving forces, backgrounds, obstacles and opportunities for regions to become powerful global players." "This book contains a wealth of empirical material and is underpinned by a thorough investigation of the theory and methodology of policy strategies for the positioning of regions in the new global economy. It will be a source of reference for scholars, policymakers, economic planners and institutions alike in the field of regional science."--Jacket.