Journal of Regional Science

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Volume 54, issue 5, 2014

ON THE IMPACT OF COMPETITION ON TRADE AND FIRM LOCATION pp. 731-754

Toshihiro Okubo, Pierre Picard and Jacques Thisse

WHY DO RENTERS STAY IN OR LEAVE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS? THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS, HOUSING TENURE TRANSITIONS, AND RACE pp. 755-787

Kwan Ok Lee

PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND: AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF A NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND “FAILING” SCHOOL DESIGNATION pp. 788-805

Alexander Bogin and Phuong Nguyen-Hoang

LOCAL POLITICS AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY: INFORMATION AGGREGATION AND POLARIZATION pp. 806-827

Marcus Berliant and Takatoshi Tabuchi

SECTORAL CHANGE AND UNEMPLOYMENT DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE pp. 828-855

Curtis Simon

CITIES, TASKS, AND SKILLS pp. 856-892

Suzanne Kok and Bas ter Weel

THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION ON REGIONAL WAGE INEQUALITY: A SEMIPARAMETRIC APPROACH pp. 893-915

Heather Dickey

Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography, edited by Frank Giarratani, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, and Philip McCann. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 502 + viii. ISBN: 978-1-84376-961-3, $256.50 pp. 916-918

Edward J. Malecki

Clusters and Economic Growth in Asia, edited by Sӧren Eriksson. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 189 + x. ISBN: 978-0-85793-008-8, $99 pp. 918-919

Yifei Sun

The International Handbook on Gender, Migration and Transnationalism: Global and Development Perspectives, edited by Laura Oso and Natalia Ribas-Mateos. 2013. Series: International Handbooks on Gender. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 483 + xix. ISBN: 978-1-78195-146-0, $216 pp. 919-921

Caitlin Henry

The Transportation Experience, 2nd ed., by William L. Garrison and David M. Levinson. 2014. New York: Oxford University Press. 605 + xxiv. ISBN: 978-0-19986-271-9, $59.95 pp. 921-923

Yves Boquet

Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City, by Ethan N. Elkind. 2014. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. 292 + xxi. ISBN: 978-0-52027-827-1, $29.95 pp. 923-925

Stefano Bloch and José Tchopourian

Urban Planning as a Trading Zone, edited by Alessandro Balducci and Raine Mӓntysalo. 2013. Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives. Dordrecht, Netherlands and Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. 216 + x. ISBN: 978-94-007-5853-7, $129 (cloth); ISBN: 978-94-007-5854-4, $99 (ebook) pp. 925-927

Patsy Healey

Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development: Approaches for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Asian Cities, edited by Mitsuhiko Kawakami, Zhen-jiang Shen, Jen-te Pai, Xiao-lu Gao, and Ming Zhang. 2013. Series: Strategies for Sustainability. Dordrecht, Netherlands and Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. 459 + xxiv. ISBN: 978-94-007-5921-3, $189.00 (cloth); ISBN: 978-94-007-5922-0, $149 (ebook) pp. 927-930

Qisheng Pan

Islands at Risk? Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change, by John Connell. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 351 + x. ISBN: 978-1-78100-350-3, $130.50 pp. 930-931

Dawn M. Kotowicz

Volume 54, issue 4, 2014

REGIONAL COMPETITION, AGGLOMERATION, AND HOUSING MARKETS IN CHINA pp. 547-549

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet and Mark Partridge

LAND SUPPLY AND CAPITALIZATION OF PUBLIC GOODS IN HOUSING PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM BEIJING pp. 550-568

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Siqi Zheng, Weizeng Sun and Rui Wang

VALUING THE “GREEN” AMENITIES IN A SPATIAL CONTEXT pp. 569-585

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Wenjie Wu and Guanpeng Dong

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION AND EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE WITH SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA pp. 586-605

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Bin R. Chen and Mingqin Wu

INTERJURISDICTIONAL TAX COMPETITION IN CHINA pp. 606-628

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Yongzheng Liu and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

NEW SPORTS FACILITIES AND RESIDENTIAL HOUSING MARKETS pp. 629-663

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Haifang Huang and Brad Humphreys

ESTIMATORS OF BINARY SPATIAL AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS: A MONTE CARLO STUDY pp. 664-687

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Raffaella Calabrese and Johan A. Elkink

THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRINGE BANKING pp. 688-710

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Christopher S. Fowler, Jane K. Cover and Rachel Garshick Kleit

Handbook of Regional Science (3 volumes), edited by Manfred M. Fischer and Peter Nijkamp. Springer Reference Series. Heidelberg: Springer. 1732 + xxxvii. ISBN-978-3-642-23429-3; ISBN 978-3-642-23430-9 (eBook). Cloth, $949.00 pp. 711-716

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge and Gordon Mulligan

Multinationals and Economic Geography: Location, Technology and Innovation, by Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 479 + v. ISBN 978-1-78195-487-4, $48 (paper); ISBN 978-1-78195-478-2, $171 (cloth) pp. 716-717

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge and Nicholas Phelps

The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters, edited by Debarati Guha-Sapir and Indhira Santos. 2013. New York: Oxford University Press. 326 + xii. ISBN 978-0-19-984193-6, $39.95 pp. 718-719

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge, Jenna Putnam, Tim G. Frazier and Michele Vachon

China's Environmental Policy and Urban Development, edited by Joyce Yanyun Man. 2013. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. 215 +ix. ISBN 978-1-55844-248-1, $30 pp. 719-721

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge and Angel Hsu

Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City, by Susan A. Ostrander. 2013. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 179 + ix. ISBN 978-1-43991-012-2, $79.50 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-43991-013-9, $26.95 (paper); ISBN 978-1-43991-014-6, $26.95 (ebook) pp. 721-722

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge and Pablo S. Bose

Local Protest, Global Movements: Capital, Community, and State in San Francisco, by Karl Beitel. 2013. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. 220 + x. ISBN: 1-4399-0995-4, $29.95 (paper); ISBN: 1-4399-0994-6, $79.50 (cloth); ISBN 1-4399-0996-2, $29.95 (ebook) pp. 722-724

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge and Laura Wolf-Powers

Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge: Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in Theory and Practice, edited by Daniel Sui, Sarah Elwood, and Michael Goodchild. 2013. Dordrecht, Netherlands and Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. 396 + xi. ISBN: 978-3-642-31778–1, $179 (cloth); ISBN: 978-3-642-31779-8, $139 (ebook) pp. 724-726

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge and Barney Warf

Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement, edited by Fred Gault. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 486 + xvi. ISBN: 978-0-85793-364-5, $216 pp. 726-728

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet, Mark Partridge and Timothy Wojan

BOOKS RECEIVED—SEPTEMBER 2014 pp. 729-729

Anping Chen, Marlon Boarnet and Mark Partridge

Volume 54, issue 3, 2014

DO FLOODS HAVE PERMANENT EFFECTS? EVIDENCE FROM THE NETHERLANDS pp. 355-377

Trond G. Husby, Henri de Groot, Marjan Hofkes and Martijn Dröes

URBAN SPRAWL, OBESOGENIC ENVIRONMENT, AND CHILD WEIGHT pp. 378-401

Mouhcine Guettabi and Abdul Munasib

BALANCED BUDGET MULTIPLIERS FOR SMALL OPEN REGIONS WITHIN A FEDERAL SYSTEM: EVIDENCE FROM THE SCOTTISH VARIABLE RATE OF INCOME TAX pp. 402-421

Patrizio Lecca, Peter McGregor, John Swales and Ya Ping Yin

SEARCH FRICTIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING IN CITIES: THEORY AND POLICIES pp. 422-449

Wei Xiao

POPULATION DENSITY IN A CENTRAL-PLACE SYSTEM pp. 450-461

Yorgos Papageorgiou

A SPATIAL MULTIVARIATE COUNT MODEL FOR FIRM LOCATION DECISIONS pp. 462-502

Chandra R. Bhat, Rajesh Paleti and Palvinder Singh

REGIONAL WAGE DIFFERENCES IN THE NETHERLANDS: MICRO EVIDENCE ON AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES pp. 503-523

Stefan P.T. Groot, Henri de Groot and Martijn Smit

Keys to the City: How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development, by Michael Storper. 2013. Princeton, New Jersey and Oxford, U.K.: Princeton University Press. 275 + x. ISBN 978-0-69114-311-8, $39.95 pp. 524-527

Philip McCann

Knowledge Commercialization and Valorization in Regional Economic Development, edited by Tüzin Baycan. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 288 + xiv. ISBN 978-1-78100-406-7, $121.50 pp. 527-528

Paul Dalziel

The Globalization of Higher Education, edited by Roger King, Simon Marginson, and Rajani Naidoo. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 762 + xi. ISBN 978-1-78100-169-1, $373.50 pp. 528-531

Harvey A. Goldstein

Recent Developments in the Economics of Transport, edited by Roger Vickerman. 2012. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 1245 + xxx. ISBN 978-1-78100-649-8, $625.00 pp. 531-535

Charles Lindsey

The Car-Dependent Society: A European Perspective, by Hans Jeekel. 2013. Series: Transport and Society. Farnham, U.K. and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate. 281 + x. ISBN 978-1-4094-3827-4, cloth, $103.45; ISBN 978-1-4094-8478-3, ebook, $114.95 pp. 535-536

Evelyn Blumenberg

From the Ground Up: Community Gardens in New York City and the Politics of Spatial Transformation, by Efrat Eizenberg. 2013. Burlington, Vermont and Farnham, U.K.: Ashgate. 208 + x. ISBN 978-1-4094-2909-8, $89.96 pp. 536-538

Nathan L. Clough

Parallel Patterns of Shrinking Cities and Urban Growth: Spatial Planning for Sustainable Development of City Regions and Rural Areas, edited by Robin Ganser and Rocky Piro. 2012. Burlington, Vermont and Farnham, U.K.: Ashgate. 283 + xxii. ISBN 978-1-4094-2741-4, $119.95 pp. 538-539

Eveline Leeuwen

Second Home Tourism in Europe: Lifestyle Issues and Policy Responses, edited by Zoran Roca. 2013. Farnham, U.K. and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate. 331 + xxv. ISBN 978-1-4094-5071-9, cloth, $121.46; ISBN 978-1-4094-7274-2, ebook, $134.95 pp. 539-541

Steven Deller

Distributional Aspects of Energy and Climate Policies, edited by Mark A. Cohen, Don Fullerton, and Robert H. Topel. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 371 + xvii. ISBN 978-1-78254-008-3, $135 pp. 541-543

Kieran Donaghy

American Wine Economics: An Exploration of the U.S. Wine Industry, by James Thornton. 2013. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. 350 + xvi. ISBN 978-0-520-27649-9, cloth, $39.95; ISBN 978-0-520-95701-5, ebook, $39.95 pp. 543-544

Jon R. Miller

Volume 54, issue 2, 2014

WHERE IS AN OIL SHOCK? pp. 169-185

Kristie M. Engemann, Michael Owyang and Howard Wall

SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS: CONCEPTUAL REFLECTIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE pp. 186-214

Roberta Capello and Camilla Lenzi

THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF HUMAN CAPITAL: MEASUREMENT OF CONTRIBUTING MECHANISMS pp. 215-248

Peter McHenry

SKILL POLARIZATION IN LOCAL LABOR MARKETS UNDER SHARE-ALTERING TECHNICAL CHANGE pp. 249-272

Antonio Accetturo, Alberto Dalmazzo and Guido de Blasio

IS THE ART MARKET MORE BOURGEOIS THAN BOHEMIAN? pp. 273-303

Jenny Schuetz and Richard Green

IS SPATIAL BOOTSTRAPPING A PANACEA FOR VALID INFERENCE? pp. 304-312

Torben Klarl

THE DETERMINANTS OF LOCALIZATION AND URBANIZATION ECONOMIES: EVIDENCE FROM THE LOCATION OF NEW FIRMS IN SPAIN pp. 313-337

Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Raquel Marín-López and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

The Redistribution Recession: How Labor Market Distortions Contracted the Economy, by Casey B. Mulligan. 2012. New York: Oxford University Press. 351 + xii. ISBN 978-0-19- 994221-3, $39.95 pp. 338-340

Natalia Kolesnikova

Towns in a Rural World, edited by Teresa de Noronha Vaz, Eveline van Leeuwen, and Peter Nijkamp. 2013. Series: Ashgate Economic Geography Series. Farnham, U.K. and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate. 393 + xvi. ISBN: 978-1-4094-0692-1, $112.46 pp. 340-341

Rebecca Hill and Stephan Weiler

Why Walls Won't Work: Repairing the U.S.-Mexico Divide, by Michael Dear. 2013. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 270 + xiii. ISBN 978-0-19-989798-8, $29.95 pp. 342-343

Scott Warren

Spatial Microsimulation for Rural Policy Analysis, edited by Cathal O'Donoghue, Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Stephen Hynes, and Karyn Morrissey. 2013. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Heidelberg, Germany and New York: Springer. 264 + xv. ISBN: 978–3–642–30025–7, $129 (cloth); ISBN: 978–3–642–30026–4, $99 (ebook) pp. 343-344

James Nolan

Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies, edited by Peter Karl Kresl and Jaime Sobrino. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 525 + xvi. ISBN: 978–0–85793–461–1, $216 pp. 345-346

Carlianne Patrick

Employment Location in Cities and Regions: Models and Applications, edited by Francesca Pagliara, Michiel de Bok, David Simmonds, and Alan Wilson. 2013. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Heidelberg, Germany and New York: Springer. 293 + viii. ISBN: 978-3-642-31778-1, $179 (cloth); ISBN: 978-3-642-31779-8, $139 (ebook) pp. 346-348

Kristin Kronenberg

International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities, edited by Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor, and Frank Witlox. 2012. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 569 + xii. ISBN 978-1-84844-647-2, $280. The Connected City: How Networks are Shaping the Modern Metropolis, by Zachary P. Neal. 2012. New York: Routledge. 272. ISBN 978-0-415-88141-8, $155 pp. 348-351

Martijn Burger and Frank Oort

Creative Economies in Post-Industrial Cities: Manufacturing a (Different) Scene, edited by Myrna Margulies Breitbart. 2013. Series: Re-Materialising Cultural Geography. Farnham, Surrey, U.K. and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate. 326 + xvii. ISBN 978-1-4094-1084-3, $119.95 pp. 352-353

Terry Flew

Volume 54, issue 1, 2014

DO LOCATION-BASED TAX INCENTIVES IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND QUALITY OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT? pp. 1-32

Curtis Reynolds and Shawn Rohlin

WHAT ATTRACTS KNOWLEDGE WORKERS? THE ROLE OF SPACE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS pp. 33-60

Ernest Miguelez and Rosina Moreno

ON THE VALUE OF FOREGONE OPEN SPACE IN SPRAWLING CITIES pp. 61-69

Wouter Vermeulen and Jan Rouwendal

ARE IMMIGRANTS MORE MOBILE THAN NATIVES? EVIDENCE FROM GERMANY pp. 70-95

Matthias Schündeln

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND THE WELFARE STATE: THE CASE OF REGIONAL MIGRATION AND U.S. AGRICULTURAL LABOR pp. 96-113

Anita Pena

SQUATTING ON GOVERNMENT LAND pp. 114-136

Nilopa Shah

DOES FIRM OWNERSHIP AFFECT SPILLOVER OPPORTUNITIES? EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE MANUFACTURING pp. 137-154

Fariha Kamal

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography, by Trevor J. Barnes, Jamie Peck, and Eric Sheppard. 2012. West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell. 646 + xvii. ISBN 978-1-4443-3680-1, $199.95 pp. 155-157

Jeff Boggs

Geographies of the Super-Rich, by Iain Hay. 2013. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 213 + xiv. ISBN 978–0–85793–568–7, $108 pp. 157-158

Jay D. Gatrell

Reforms and Economic Transformation in India, by Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya. 2012. Series: Studies in Indian Economic Policies. New York: Oxford University Press. 292 + xiv. ISBN 978–0–19–991520–0, $49.95 pp. 159-161

Sasidaran Gopalan

Planet of Cities, by Shlomo Angel. 2012. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. 341 + xvi. ISBN 978-1-55844-245-0, paper, $40 pp. 161-162

Karima Kourtit

The Hub's Metropolis: Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth, by James C. O'Connell. 2013. Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press. 326 + xiii. ISBN 978-0-26201-875-3, $34.95 pp. 163-164

David Rain

Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability, by Marc Fleurbaey and Didier Blanchet. 2013. New York: Oxford University Press. 306 + xvi. ISBN 978-0-19976-719-9, $49.95 pp. 165-167

Salah El Serafy