Strategies of cities in globalised interurban competition: The locational policies framework

David Kaufmann and Tobias Arnold
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David Kaufmann: University of Bern, KPM Center for Public Management, Switzerland
Tobias Arnold: University of Bern, Institute of Political Science, Switzerland

Urban Studies, 2018, vol. 55, issue 12, 2703-2720

Abstract: Globalised interurban competition affects cities of various sizes and cities in various locations. Cities have to find ways to position themselves in global markets by formulating locational policies. To capture this wide range of policies, this paper develops an analytical framework of locational policies that is interdisciplinary informed by theories of economic geography and political science. We compare the cities of Lucerne and Ulm to illustrate the added value of the locational policies framework. We found that these two cities feature very different locational policies agendas. By employing a neo-institutional lens, we suggest that place-specific factors enable and constrain the formulation of locational policies. We outline three possible venues to tentatively explain these different locational policies, namely the economic sector mix, the national tax system, and politics. Beyond these empirical findings, this paper shows that the locational policies framework is able to capture a wide range of policies that aim to enhance the competitiveness of a city. Thus, the locational policies framework is a tool that can be used to reveal how cities face the globalised, and increasingly knowledge-intensive, interurban competition.

Keywords: interurban competition; locational policies; Lucerne; neo-institutionalism; Ulm; 城市间竞争; 地方政策; å ¢å¡žæ ©; 新制度主义; 乌尔姆 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098017707922

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