Growth and Change

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Volume 54, issue 4, 2023

How does industrial agglomeration affect regional innovation? A spatial econometric analysis pp. 826-852

Nana Yang and Qiming Liu

Charter school proliferation and school district fiscal stress, a chicken‐egg problem pp. 853-869

Bo Feng

Developing a typology of daily travelers based on transportation attitudes: Application of latent class analysis using a survey of millennials and older adults in Hamilton, Ontario pp. 870-884

Shaila Jamal, Bruce Newbold and Darren M. Scott

Research and development intensive clusters and regional competitiveness pp. 885-911

Reinhold Kosfeld and Timo Mitze

Internet development and the spatial optimization of regional productivity: Evidence from China pp. 912-939

Peng Wang, Cong Cen and Xiaoyan Lin

Whether polycentric spatial structure is conducive to regional coordinated development: A study on urban agglomerations in China pp. 940-961

Peng Ji and Lilin Yuan

What matters for lagging regions? The role of self‐employment and industrial diversity in distressed areas pp. 962-1001

Zachary T. Keeler and Heather M. Stephens

Quantifying the impacts of suburbanization without growth on central city housing vacancy pp. 1002-1018

Joanna Ganning

Volume 54, issue 2, 2023

What side of town? How proximity to critical survival factors affects rural business longevity pp. 352-385

Andrew J. Van Leuven, Sarah Low and Edward (Ned) Hill

The corona blues according to daily life changes by COVID‐19: A partial least squares regression model pp. 386-403

Tae‐Hyoung Tommy Gim

Inequity on suburban campuses: University students disadvantaged in self‐improvement travel pp. 404-420

Bindong Sun, Rui Guo and Chun Yin

Recent intra‐metropolitan patterns of spatial mismatch: Implications for black suburbanization and the changing geography of mismatch pp. 421-445

Hyunjoo Eom

Agglomeration and firm performance in times of economic turmoil: Evidence from Tunisian firm‐level data pp. 446-481

Mohamed Amara

The impacts of highways on firm size distribution: Evidence from China pp. 482-506

Jiangteng Zhou

Do governmental policy interventions help urban economic recovery? Experimental evidence from China's provinces governance amid the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 507-528

Dequan Jiang, Weiping Li, Junli Yu and Ying Zhang

Reducing urban sprawl by optimizing housing production pp. 529-549

Wadjidou Boukari and Fenjie Long

I will survive…but at what (opportunity) cost?: A spatial analysis of business survival and Jacobian externalities pp. 550-571

Tessa Conroy and Steven Deller

The embeddedness and hidden political economy of the world heritage site inscription boom in China pp. 572-595

Kaixuan Huang and Yi Liu

Trajectory and cluster resilience elements: The case of the Brazilian wine cluster of the Serra Gaúcha pp. 596-624

Vitor Klein Schmidt, Aurora Carneiro Zen, Bernardo Fernandes Soares and Bruno Anicet Bittencourt

The innovation effect of low‐carbon technology transfer from the perspective of carbon emission reduction demand: A case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China pp. 625-648

Zefeng Mi, Zhixin Qiu, Gang Zeng, Can Zhou and Lei Ye

Volume 54, issue 1, 2023

Understanding the spatial polarization pattern of technology transfer network in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay area pp. 4-25

Hechang Cai, Zhijun Feng, Wen Zhou, Jinghan Chen and Zinan Chen

The expansion of Chinese banks along the routes of the Belt and Road Initiative: Following customers and geopolitical relations pp. 26-44

Yonglong Cai and Fenghua Pan

Optimization of differentiated regional land development patterns based on urban expansion simulation—A case in China pp. 45-73

Yang Gao, Zhen Shen, Yuexin Liu, Chaoyue Yu, Lihan Cui and Cuiling Song

Does carbon emission trading contribute to reducing infectious diseases? Evidence from China pp. 74-100

Yu Hao, Yujia Li and Zhiyang Shen

Analysis of the influence of land finance on haze pollution: An empirical study based on 269 prefecture‐level cities in China pp. 101-134

Xiaodong Yang, Weilong Wang, Xufeng Su, Siyu Ren, Qiying Ran, Jianlong Wang and Jianhong Cao

How does financial agglomeration affect green development? Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta of China pp. 135-156

Yinyin Wen, Min Zhao, Genli Tang, Xiaoxiao Zhou, Xingchen Hu and Li Sui

Import–export nexus and China's emerging trade in environmental goods pp. 157-181

Xiyan Mao and Peiyu Wang

Agglomeration, resource reallocation and domestic value‐added ratio in exports pp. 182-213

Xinheng Liu, Ziyuan Pan and Dongli Fang

Spatiotemporal patterns in China's Minimal Living allowances: The urban‐rural gap and regional differences revealed through a national poverty alleviation program pp. 214-233

Zhonghao Zhang, Shimeng Sun, Wanzhen Chen and Xuesong He

Institutional varieties, governance quality, and firm‐level innovation in emerging economies: Case of India pp. 234-259

Ajax Persaud and Javid Zare

The evolutionary patterns of intercity co‐invention networks in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China: A comparative analysis based on the technological intensity of industry pp. 260-283

Zhao‐hui Chong and Jia Liu

Human capital agglomeration, institutional barriers, and internal migration in China pp. 284-303

Baixue Yu, Geng Niu, Jingjing Ye and Wen‐wen Zhang

Return migration, rural household investment decision, and poverty alleviation: Evidence from rural Guangdong, China pp. 304-325

Xinhui Wu, Luan Chen, Li Ma, Liru Cai and Xun Li

Spatial differentiation and factors influencing the benefits of industrial poverty alleviation in villages pp. 326-345

Tian He, Rui Yuan Chen, Zi Yi Wang, Ping Jun Sun, Man Jiang Shi, Lin Xiong, Yuan Li Liu and He Ping Liao

Cultural Heritage, Creativity and Economic Development. By Silvia Cerisola. 2019. pp. 208. ISBN: 978 1 78897 528 5 pp. 346-347

Anders Van Sandt

Volume 53, issue 4, 2022

Cultural integration among non‐Han migrants in urban China: To what extent does intermarriage matter? pp. 1490-1512

Zerong Wang and Guochang Zhao

Super bowl participation and the local economy: Evidence from the stock market pp. 1513-1545

Rui Du and Junfu Zhang

Development potential of Chinese smart cities and its spatio‐temporal pattern: A new hybrid MADM method using combination weight pp. 1546-1566

Zhen Chu, Mingwang Cheng and Ning Neil Yu

Analysis of clans and employment in China from the aspect of gender pp. 1567-1591

Zhengyang Li and Daisy Ju Huang

Rural centralized residence and labor migration: Evidence from China pp. 1592-1608

Zhong Liu and Zuanjiu Zhou

What drives people to repost social media messages during the COVID‐19 pandemic? Evidence from the Weibo news microblog pp. 1609-1626

Jiayin Pei, Zhi Lu and Xiaoming Yang

A machine learning‐based analysis of 311 requests in the Miami‐Dade County pp. 1627-1645

Shaoming Cheng, Sukumar Ganapati, Giri Narasimhan and Farzana Beente Yusuf

The impact of rent control: Investigations on historical data in the city of Lyon pp. 1646-1667

Loïc Bonneval, Florence Goffette‐Nagot and Zhejin Zhao

Can the urban spatial structure accelerate urban employment growth? Evidence from China pp. 1668-1693

Wei Xiao, Wenhua Liu and Chunzhi Li

Spatiotemporal spread characteristics and influencing factors of COVID‐19 cases: Based on big data of population migration in China pp. 1694-1715

Yizhen Zhang, Zhen Deng, Agus Supriyadi, Rui Song and Tao Wang

Language differences, cultural identity, and innovation pp. 1716-1736

Chang'an Wang, Junqian Wu, Jianqing Ruan and Xiaoqian Liu

Davids versus Goliaths: Epigenetic dynamics and structural change in the Swedish innovation system pp. 1737-1761

Silvina A. Romano and Jon Mikel Zabala‐Iturriagagoitia

Development zones and urban economic performance in China: Direct impact and channel effects pp. 1762-1782

Zehong Wang, Shaojian Wang, Jieyu Wang and Yuqu Wang

The spillover effect of senior neighbors on housing prices: Evidence from Beijing, China pp. 1783-1812

Xiaoping Zhou, Tong Lei, Yuyao Wang, Tianzheng Zhang, Yingjie Zhang, Yan Song and Yingxiang Zeng

Urban functional transformation in (de)industrializing China: The heterogeneous roles of state and market pp. 1813-1833

Guangzhong Cao, Rongxi Peng and Tao Liu

The characteristics of urban governance in China: Evidence from best practices in the Yangtze River Delta Region pp. 1834-1853

Zitao Chen, Jiannan Wu and Acheng Zhang

A quasi‐natural experiment research regarding the impact of regional integration expansion in the Yangtze River Delta on foreign direct investment pp. 1854-1876

Hengfei Huan, Yingming Zhu and Jishuang Liu

Institutional environment, development model transformation and North–South economic disparity in China pp. 1877-1906

Dongshui Xie, Caiquan Bai and Weiwei Xiao

The geography of the fintech industry in China: An analysis of China’s city‐level patenting pp. 1907-1932

Dandan Dai and Yijia Chen

Innovation drivers in regions. Does urbanization matter? pp. 1933-1960

Dorota Ciołek, Anna Golejewska and Adriana Zabłocka‐Abi Yaghi

Great Minds in Regional Science By Peter Batey (Ed.) and David Plane (Ed.), Cham: Switzerland: Springer Nature. 2020. vii, 198 pages. $119.99 (hardcover). ISBN 978‐3‐030‐46156‐0

Luke Petach

Volume 53, issue 3, 2022

High‐speed rail and city tourism: Evidence from Tencent migration big data on two Chinese golden weeks pp. 1012-1036

Yanyan Gao, Yongqing Nan and Shunfeng Song

The nexus between urbanization and rural development in China: Evidence from panel data analysis pp. 1037-1051

Yuheng Li, Huiqian Huang and Chuanyao Song

Achieving rural revitalization in China: A suitable framework to understand the coordination of material and social space quality of rural residential areas in the plain pp. 1052-1081

Yanbo Qu, Xiaozhen Dong, Lingyun Zhan, Weiya Zhu, Sen Wang, Zongli Ping and Bailin Zhang

Rural e‐commerce in China: Spatial dynamics of Taobao Villages development in Zhejiang Province pp. 1082-1101

Juan Lin, Han Li, Mingshui Lin and Chuhai Li

Rural spatial transformation and governance from the perspective of land development rights: A case study of Fenghe village in Guangzhou pp. 1102-1121

Ren Yang and Yuancheng Lin

Balancing cropland gain and desert vegetation loss: The key to rural revitalization in Xinjiang, China pp. 1122-1145

Weijia Chen, Yongquan Lu and Guilin Liu

Measuring the implementation effects of rural revitalization in China’s Jiangsu Province: Under the analytical framework of “deconstruction, assessment and brainstorming” pp. 1146-1169

Yi Wang, Yingming Zhu and Maojun Yu

Spatial‐temporal evolution and influence factors of China’s agricultural non‐point source pollution discharge intensity in recent 40 years pp. 1170-1189

Lilin Zou, Xumin Zheng and Yongsheng Wang

The interaction mechanism of rural housing land transition and rural development: A spatial governance perspective pp. 1190-1209

Dongqi Sun and Dazhuan Ge

The influence of spatial interfaces on rural economic restructuring in rapidly industrializing areas: A case study of Gongyi city in central China pp. 1210-1242

Dong Han, Jiajun Qiao, Yuling Ma and Qiankun Zhu

Market segmentation and firm survival pp. 1243-1266

Xinjun Lyu, Jinlan Ni and Jia Yuan

Establishing tourism sustainability in a globally important agricultural heritage system in China: A case of social and eco‐system recovery pp. 1267-1281

Anthony M. Fuller, Jigang Bao, Yi Liu and Xiaoyi Zhou

Suburban sprawl measurement and landscape analysis of cropland and ecological land: A case study of Jiangsu Province, China pp. 1282-1305

Yasi Tian and Junyi Chen

Road construction, economic growth, and poverty alleviation in China pp. 1306-1332

Yang Zhou, Chunyang Tong and Yongsheng Wang

Spatio‐temporal pattern and mechanism of coordinated development of “population–land–industry–money” in rural areas of three provinces in Northeast China pp. 1333-1361

Xiao Lyu, Yanan Wang, Yuntai Zhao and Shandong Niu

Revitalization mechanism of specialty industries in the karst rocky desertification areas: From a perspective of the actor‐network theory pp. 1362-1383

Bimo Ren, Kangning Xiong and Qi Wang

Coupling and coordination analysis of China's regional urban‐rural integration and land‐use efficiency pp. 1384-1413

Malin Song and Weiliang Tao

Analysis of spatiotemporal variations and effects of regional functions in rural China pp. 1414-1435

Qi Wen, Caiting Shen, Siyou Xia and Yongsheng Wang

Eliminating deprivation and breaking through dependence: A mechanism to help poor households achieve sustainable livelihoods by targeted poverty alleviation strategy pp. 1436-1456

Chao Yu, Junbo Gao, Yong Han, Yimin Wang and Jianwu Sun

Legal land transfer rights, labor migration and urban–rural income disparity: Evidence from the implementation of China's Rural Land Contracting Law in 2003 pp. 1457-1482

Dongshui Xie, Caiquan Bai, Hong Yan and Weixuan Song

Community‐Based Rural Tourism and Entrepreneurship. A Microeconomic Approach pp. 1483-1485

Melissa A. Kono

Volume 53, issue 2, 2022

One coast, two systems: Regional innovation systems and entrepreneurial discovery in Western Norway pp. 490-514

Jason Deegan, Marte C. W. Solheim, Stig‐Erik Jakobsen and Arne Isaksen

Environmental regulation and the supply efficiency of environmental public services: Evidence from environmental decentralization of 289 cities in China pp. 515-535

Chunrong Yan, Danyang Di, Guoxiang Li and Jianmei Wang

Avoiding the middle‐income trap: The spatial–temporal effects of human capital on regional economic growth in Northeast China pp. 536-558

Tingting Yu, Ah Rong and Feilong Hao

Impact of performance contest on local transformation and development in China: Empirical study of the National Civilized City program pp. 559-592

Ding Li, Han Xiao, Junsong Ding and Shuang Ma

Polycentricity and the evolution of metropolitan spatial structure pp. 593-627

Genevieve Giuliano, Yuting Hou, Sanggyun Kang and Eun Jin Shin

Effects of air pollution on regional innovation and the mediator role of health: Evidence from China pp. 628-650

Fubiao Zhu, Delin Zhuang, Shengwu Jin, Lingling Gao and Rui Chen

The evolution of regional spatial structure influenced by passenger rail service: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta pp. 651-679

Weichen Liu, Jiaying Guo, Wei Wu and Youhui Cao

High‐speed railway and urban productivity disparities pp. 680-701

Xiaoqian Liu, Han Li, Yongzhi Sun and Chang’an Wang

On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level pp. 702-752

Cristian Barra and Nazzareno Ruggiero

Can government venture capital guidance funds promote urban innovation? Evidence from China pp. 753-770

Siying Yang, Shunyu Ma and Jingjing Lu

Push and pull factors in Tunisian internal migration: The role of human capital pp. 771-799

Rawaa Laajimi and Julie Le Gallo

The effects of environmental regulation on chemical industry location: Evidence from the region along the Yangtze River, China pp. 800-822

Hui Zou, Xuejun Duan, Lei Wang and Tingting Jin

From the United States to China? A trade perspective to reveal the structure and dynamics of global electronic‐telecommunications pp. 823-847

Dezhong Duan and Qifan Xia

Fields of change? Actors, institutions and social fields in the green restructuring of the Flåm tourism industry pp. 848-867

Nora Geirsdotter Bækkelund

(Re)thinking smart in rural contexts: A multi‐country study pp. 868-889

Jesús J. Cambra‐Fierro and Lourdes Pérez

Two‐stage development, allocation strategies' effect, and industrial land policies' adjustment, China pp. 890-909

Danxia Zhang, Juanfeng Zhang, Rui Han and Dongsheng Zhan

The impact of transportation development on land price differences between cities: Widening or narrowing?—A case study based on the provincial level of Mainland China pp. 910-932

Tianshu Li and Zhigang Chen

Unintended effects of regional planning in Germany pp. 933-950

Sebastian Eichhorn and David Pehlke

The spatial relationship between the mobility and scientific cooperation of Chinese scientists pp. 951-971

Wentian Shi, Quansheng Fu, Wenlong Yang, Fan Yang, Xiao Lin and Xueying Mu

The city of start‐ups: Location determinants of start‐ups in emergent industries in Barcelona pp. 972-1007

Eva Coll‐Martínez, Elisenda Jové‐Llopis and Mercedes Teruel

Volume 53, issue 1, 2022

Retracted: Effect of driving domain on driving attitude profiles in winter seasons of India pp. 4-34

Biranchi Narayan Adhikari, Ajay Kumar Behera, Rabindra Narayan Mahapatra and Harish Chandra Das

Retracted: An empirical model for Indian senior citizens in traffic management pp. 35-56

Biranchi Adhikari, Ajay Kumar Behera, Rabindra Narayan Mahapatra and Harish Chandra Das

The impact of knowledge base on technological innovation of emerging industries from the perspective of related variety: A case study of China’s fuel cell industry pp. 57-75

Zefeng Mi, Yongmin Shang and Gang Zeng

Enhancement of sugarcane production by counteracting the adverse effects of climate change in Sindh Province, Pakistan pp. 76-90

Bilal Ahmad, Yan Yunxian, Zia Ur Rahman, Humaira Gultaj, Badar Naseem Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali and Jamal Nasar

An input–output analysis of transportation equipment manufacturing industrial transfer: Evidence from Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei region, China pp. 91-111

Chenxi Li and Kening Wu

Factors influencing farmers’ willingness and behavior choices to withdraw from rural homesteads in China pp. 112-131

Jia Gao, Ge Song and Shuhan Liu

Sustainability evolution and factors based on ecological footprint: A case study of Rizhao, China pp. 132-150

Wei Sun, Junli Li and Wenxi Qu

Do land ownership types matter in manufacturing firms’ location choice? Using Beijing as a case study pp. 151-169

Daquan Huang, Shihao Zhu, Tao Liu and Pingping Ma

A comparative assessment of migrant and indigenous entrepreneurs on regional development: A case of Odisha, India pp. 170-199

Subrat Sarangi, R. K. Renin Singh and Brajaballav Kar

Does municipal incorporation always increase property values? pp. 200-220

Collin D. Hodges and Heather M. Stephens

Can the digital economy promote FinTech development? pp. 221-247

Xiaohui Chen, Dou Yan and Wen Chen

Advancing the treatment of human agency in the analysis of regional economic development: Illustrated with three Norwegian cases pp. 248-275

Markus Grillitsch, Bjørn Asheim, Arne Isaksen and Hjalti Nielsen

Not all peripheries are the same: The importance of relative regional innovativeness in transnational innovation networks pp. 276-312

Giuseppe Calignano

China's outward investment activity: Ambiguous findings in the literature and empirical trends in greenfield investments pp. 313-341

Ruilin Yang and Harald Bathelt

How does machine learning compare to conventional econometrics for transport data sets? A test of ML versus MLE pp. 342-376

Weijia (Vivian) Li and Kara M. Kockelman

Assessing the performance of public transport services in a developing country: A case study using data envelopment analysis pp. 377-409

Md. Nazmul Huda Naim, Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani Adnan, Ashraf Dewan and Khatun E. Zannat

Regional polarization in Turkey pp. 410-431

Ensar Yılmaz and Zeynep Kaplan

Does cultural diversity contribute to the sustainable development of trade? Empirical evidence from 288 Chinese cities pp. 432-451

Jiayue Liu, Ying Hu, Jing Xie and Bo Li

Coal exploitation and income inequality: Testing the resource curse with econometric analyses of household survey data from northwestern China pp. 452-469

Qi Wen, Jin Li, Kevin M. Mwenda, Daniel Ervin, Maya Chatterjee and David Lopez‐Carr

Comparing China’s urban aviation and innovation networks pp. 470-486

Mingming Guan, Siyu Wu and Chengliang Liu