Advanced Regional Economics and Policy

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Teaching results

Knowledge - Graduates of the course will gain new insights in the research topics in regional economics and regional policy based on the reading of scientific articles. The list of topics is given in the brief syllabus of the course and in the recommended literature.
Skills - The graduate will acquire skills in systematizing and analyzing current scientific publications in a regional economics and policy.
Competences - The graduate of the course will be able to independently study the relevant literature in the field of regional economics and policy and prepare a structured review of the literature, which will describe the main directions in current research. He will be able to discuss problematic areas of regional policy interventions.

Indicative content

1. Globalisation, FDI and regional development.
2. Regional dimensions of human capital and economic growth (externalities of human capital).
3. Regional dimensions of human capital and economic growth (interregional migration)
4. Institutions, regional economic growth and development.
5. Regional innovation. Regional innovation policies.
6. Place based and spatially blind approaches in regional policy.
7. Regional policy, euroscepticism and discontent in Europe.
8. Evaluation of regional policy.

Support literature

1. Henderson, V. & Thisse, J. F. (2004). Handbook of regional and urban economics, 4, North Holland: Elsevier.
2. Pike et al. (2011). Handbook of local and regional development. Routledge. Oxon.
3. North, Douglass C. “Institutions.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 5, no. 1, 1991, pp. 97–112. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1942704. Accessed 8 Mar. 2021.
4. Alessandra Faggian, Isha Rajbhandari & Kathryn R. Dotzel (2017): The interregional migration of human capital and its regional consequences: a review, Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1263388
5. Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2013). Do institutions matter for regional development?. Regional studies, 47(7), 1034-1047.
6. Iammarino, S., Rodríguez-Pose, A., & Storper, M. (2019). Regional inequality in Europe: evidence, theory and policy implications. Journal of economic geography, 19(2), 273-298.
7. Šipikal, M., & Buček, M. (2013). The role of FDIs in regional innovation: Evidence from the automotive industry in W estern S lovakia. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 5(4), 475-490.
8. Pavlínek, P. (2004). Regional development implications of foreign direct investment in Central Europe. European urban and regional studies, 11(1), 47-70.
9. Nemethova, V., Siranova, M., & Sipikal, M. (2019). Public support for firms in lagging regions—evaluation of innovation subsidy in Slovakia. Science and Public Policy, 46(2), 173-183.
10. McCann, P., & Ortega-Argilés, R. (2013). Modern regional innovation policy. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 6(2), 187-216.
11. Barca, F., McCann, P., & Rodríguez‐Pose, A. (2012). The case for regional development intervention: place‐based versus place‐neutral approaches. Journal of regional science, 52(1), 134-152.
12. Šipikal, M., Szitásiová, V., Pisár, P., & Uramová, M. (2017). Spatially blind or place based policy? A comparison of innovation support in the Czech and Slovak Republic. Economics and Management.
13. Camagni, R., & Capello, R. (2017). Regional innovation patterns and the EU regional policy reform: towards smart innovation policies. In Seminal Studies in Regional and Urban Economics (pp. 313-343). Springer, Cham.
14. Foray, D. (2018). Smart specialisation strategies and industrial modernisation in European regions—theory and practice. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 42(6), 1505-1520.
15. Rehák, Š., & Eriksson, R. (2020). Migration of university graduates and structural aspects of regional higher education. European Planning Studies, 28(10), 1941-1959.
16. Rehák, Š., Rafaj, O., & Černěnko, T. (2021) EU Integration, Regional Development Problems and the Rise of the New Radical Right in Slovakia. Regional Science Policy & Practice.
17. Rehák, Š. (2020). Regional Dimensions of Human Capital and Economic Growth: A Review of Empirical Research. Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice. Series D, Faculty of Economics & Administration, 28(4)

Requirements to complete the course

Written term paper 80%
Readiness and activity during seminar 20%
Total study load for (in hours):
Participation in seminars 32 hours
Consultations with the supervisor 28 hours
Draft version of the term paper 100 hours
Final version of the term paper 100 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

English language

Date of approval: 10.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 15.06.2021