Learning Objectives
Students should be able to relate several different (and largely complementary) approaches to the economic growth and change of subnational economic regions — to each other, and to empirical evidence.
Students will provide evidence of being able to provide empirical illustration of an economic-development trend or issue, to know the limitations of the evidence, and to relate the trend or issue to some framework or approach.
Students should increase their abilities to present a regional development issue and empirical example to an audience of practicing economic-development professionals or to an informed politician/policy maker.
Students who want to engage in or prepare for empirical research for additional credit should become able to identify important secondary sources of empirical information about regional economies, and know some of the strengths and shortcomings of each.

Prerequisites
None;  the course is designed for serious upper-division students and graduate students, with no special background.

Requirements and Grading
Eight interrelated topics in ten weeks, making use of 33-34 articles or chapters.
Each participant is to write a 3-5-page synopsis of each week's reading, due at the class meeting.

• The Geog 499 synopses should largely characterize the content and ask questions about any confusion.
• The Geog 600 synopses should relate the works to each other and to other reading the student has done over the years, and should mention possible ways in which this informs the student's own research.

Contact Information
Department of Geography, Box 353550, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-3550
e-mail jwh@u.washington.edu;  telephone 206-616-3821;  fax 206-543-3313.
Office hours (Smith Gall 408) by appointment (request in class or by e-mail).
website:  http://faculty.washington.edu/jwh/

Schedule of topics and reading (most readings are on electronic reserve;  see note 3):

Thursday 4 January
INTRODUCTION  TO  REGIONAL  DEVELOPMENT

• Malecki, E.J.  1997.  Economic growth and development at the local, regional, and national levels.  Ch. 1 (pp. 1-35) in Technology and Economic Development : The Dynamics of Local, Regional and National Competitiveness.  Essex:  Addison Wesley Longman.

• North, D.C.  1955.  Location theory and regional economic growth. J. of Political Economy 63: 243-258.  Reprinted as Ch. 3 (pp. 29-48) in Regional Economics: Theory and Practice, ed. by D.L.McKee, R.D.Dean, and W.H.Leahy.  New York:  Free Press, 1970.
• Stabler, J.C.  1968.  Exports and evolution: the process of regional change.  Land Economics 44: 11-23.  Reprinted as Ch. 4 (pp. 49-64) in Regional Economics: Theory and Practice, ed. by D.L.McKee, R.D.Dean, and W.H.Leahy.  New York:  Free Press, 1970.
• Hirschman, A.O.  1958.  Interregional and international transmission of economic growth.  The Strategy of Economic Development.  New Haven:  Yale Univ. Press.  Reprinted as Ch. 8 (pp. 105-120) in Regional Economics: Theory and Practice, ed. by D.L.McKee, R.D.Dean, and W.H.Leahy.  New York:  Free Press, 1970.

• Perroux, F.  1955.  Note sur la notion de <pÛle de croissance>. Economée Appliquée.   Translated and reprinted as Ch. 7 (pp. 93-104), "Note on the concept of growth poles," in Regional Economics: Theory and Practice, ed. by D.L.McKee, R.D.Dean, and W.H.Leahy.  New York:  Free Press, 1970.
• Hansen, N.M.  1967.  Development pole theory in a regional context. Kyklos 20: 709-725.  Reprinted as Ch. 9 (pp. 121-136) in Regional Economics: Theory and Practice, ed. by D.L.McKee, R.D.Dean, and W.H.Leahy.  New York:  Free Press, 1970.

• Vernon, R.  1966.  International investment and international trade in the product cycle.  Quarterly J. of Economics 80(2): 190-207.
• Thomas, M.D.  1975.  Growth pole theory, technological change, and regional economic growth.  Papers of the Regional Science Association 34: 3-26.
• Malecki, E.J.  1997.  Technological capability: the core of economic development.  Ch. 2 (pp. 36-72) in Technology and Economic Development : The Dynamics of Local, Regional and National Competitiveness.  Essex:  Addison Wesley Longman.

• Jessop, B.  1992.  Fordism and post-fordism: a critical reformulation.  Ch. 3 (pp. 46-69) in Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development, ed. by M.Storper and A.J.Scott.  London:  Routledge.
• Hirst, P. and Zeitlin, J.  1992.  Flexible specialization versus post-fordism: theory, evidence, and policy implications.  Ch. 4 (pp. 70-115) ) in Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development, ed. by M.Storper and A.J.Scott.  London:  Routledge.

• Maillat, D.  1991.  The innovation process and the role of the milieu.  Ch. 6 (pp. 103-118) in Regions Reconsidered: Economic Networks, Innovation, and Local Development in Industrialized Countries, ed. by E.M.Bergman, G.Maier, and F.TØdtling.  London:  Mansell.
• Lorenz, E.H.  1992.  Trust, community, and cooperation: toward a theory of industrial districts.  Ch. 9 (pp. 195-204) in Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development, ed. by M.Storper and A.J.Scott.  London:  Routledge.
• Courault, B. and Romani, C.  1992.  A reexamination of the Italian model of flexible production from a comparative point of view.  Ch. 10 (pp. 205-215) in Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development, ed. by M.Storper and A.J.Scott.  London:  Routledge.
• Markusen, A.R.  1996.  Sticky places in slippery space:  a typology of industrial districts.  Economic Geography 72(3): 293-313.

• Morgan, K.  1997.  The learning region: institutions, innovation and regional renewal.  Regional Studies 31(5): 491-504.
• UNIDO.  2000.  Promoting Enterprise Through Networked Regional Development.  (8 pp.).

• Romer, P.M.  1986.  Increasing returns and long-run growth. J. of Political Economy 94(5): 1002-1037.  Geog 600 students should read this.
• Romer, P.M.  1994.  The origins of endogenous growth.  J. of Economic Perspectives 8(1): 3-22.
• Martin, R. and Sunley, P.  1998.  Slow convergence? The new endogenous growth theory and regional development.  Economic Geography 74(3): 201-227.

• Markusen, A.R.  1999.  Fuzzy concepts, scanty evidence, policy distance: the case for rigour and policy relevance in critical regional studies.  Regional Studies 33(9): 869-884.
• Haug, P.  1991.  Regional transformation of high-technology service industries: the software industry in Washington State.  Environment and Planning A 23: 869-884.
• Gray, M., Golub, E. and Markusen, A.  1996.  Big firms, long arms, wide shoulders: the 'hub-and-spoke' industrial district in the Seattle region.  Regional Studies 30(7): 651-666.

• Fisher, P.S. and Peters, A.H. 1998.  Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States and Cities.  Kalamazoo, MI:  W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.  (see note 3 for availability).  Read Chapters 1,2, 5, and 6 [the entire book is very much worth skimming]
• Ihlanfeldt, K.R.  1995.  Ten principles for state tax incentives. Economic Development Quarterly 9(4): 339-355.  Reprinted as Ch. 6 (pp. 68-84) in Approaches to Economic Development, ed. by J.P.Blair and L.A.Reese.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage, 1999.  (see note 3 for availability).

• Bartik, T.J.  1991.  Who Benefits from State and Local Economic Development Policies?  Kalamazoo, MI:  W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.  (see note 3 for availability).  Read Chapters 1, 2, 8, and 9 [note the nature of the analysis in the intervening chapters]
• Goldstein, 1991.  Growth center vs. endogenous development strategies: the case of research parks.  Ch. 13 (pp. 241-263) in Regions Reconsidered: Economic Networks, Innovation, and Local Development in Industrialized Countries, ed. by E.M.Bergman, G.Maier, and F.TØdtling.  London:  Mansell.
• Rubin, H.J.  1988.  Shoot anything that flies; claim anything that falls: conversations with economic development practitioners. Economic Development Quarterly 2(3): 236-251.  Reprinted as Ch. 18 (pp. 263-277) in Approaches to Economic Development, ed. by J.P.Blair and L.A.Reese.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage, 1999.  (see note 3 for availability).

INDUSTRY-REGION  APPROACHES  AND  CASE  STUDIES

• Jackson, G., Masnick, G., Bolton, R., Bartlett, S., and Pitkin, J.  1981.  Regional Diversity: Growth in the United States, 1960-1990.  Boston, MA:  Auburn House Publishing Company.
• Markusen, A.R.  1987.  Profit Cycles, Oligopoly, and Regional Development.  Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press.
• Maskell, P., Eskelinen, H., Hannibalsson, I., Malmberg, A., and Vatne, E.  1998.  Competitiveness, Localised Learning and Regional Development.  London:  Routledge.
• Sawers, L. and Tabb, W.K., eds.  1984.  Sunbelt/Snowbelt: Urban Development and Regional Restructuring.  New York: Oxford Univ. Press.

INSTITUTIONS  (incl. LABOR)

• Amin, A. and Thrift, N. eds.  1994.  Globalization, Institutions, and Regional Development in Europe.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press.
• van der Laan, L., and Ruesga, S.M., eds.  1998.  Institutions and Regional Labour Markets in Europe.  Aldershot, U.K.:  Ashgate.
• North, D.C.  1990.  Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance.  Cambridge, U.K.:  Cambridge Univ. Press.  [a statement of "neo-institutionalism"]
• Peck, J.  Work-Place:  The Social Regulation of Labor Markets.  New York:  Guilford Press.

INTERNATIONAL  TRADE/INVESTMENT  AND  REGIONAL  DEVELOPMENT

• Cappellin, R. and Batey, P.W.J., eds.  1993.  Regional Networks, Border Regions and European Integration.  London: Pion Ltd.
• Wilkinson, T.J. and Brouthers, L.E.  2000.  Trade shows, trade missions, and state governments: increasing FDI and high-tech exports. J. of International Business Studies 31(4): 725-736

MISCELLANEOUS

• North, K.  1997.  Localizing Global Production: Know-How Transfer in International Manufacturing.  Management Development Series N. 33.  Geneva:  International Labour Office.

REGIONAL  CASE  STUDIES

• Amin, A. and Thrift, N. eds.  1994.  Globalization, Institutions, and Regional Development in Europe.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press.
• Anderson, J.E. and Wassmer, R.W.  2000.  Bidding for Business: The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area.  Kalamazoo, MI:  W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
• Bergman, E.M., Maier, G., and TØdtling, F., eds.  1991. Regions Reconsidered: Economic Networks, Innovation, and Local Development in Industrialized Countries, ed. by.  London:  Mansell.
• Braczyk, H-J., Cooke, P., and Heidenreich, M., eds.  1998.  Regional Innovation Systems: The Role of Governances in a Globalized World.  London: UCL Press.
• Dear, M.J., Drake, J.J., and Reeds, L.G., eds.  1987.  Steel City: Hamilton and Region.  Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press.  [This book is unique in its presentation of physical, cultural, social, and economic factors that led to the growth and decline of Hamilton, Ontario].
• van der Laan, L., and Ruesga, S.M., eds.  1998.  Institutions and Regional Labour Markets in Europe.  Aldershot, U.K.:  Ashgate.  [This includes region-specific chapters as well as some general frameworks].
• Saxenian, A.  1994.  Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128.  London:  Harvard U. Press.
• Segal Quince & Partners.  1985.  The Cambridge Phenomenon: The Growth of High Technology Industry in a University Town.  Cambridge, U.K.:  Segal Quince & Partners.
• Simmie, J., ed.  1997.  Innovation, Networks, and Learning Regions?  London: Jessica Kingsley.

REGIONAL  DEVELOPMENT  POLICY

• Anderson, J.E. and Wassmer, R.W.  2000.  Bidding for Business: The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area.  Kalamazoo, MI:  W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
• Bradshaw, T.K. and Blakely, E.J.  1999.  What are ‘third-wave’ state economic development efforts? From incentives to industrial policy. Economic Development Quarterly 13(3): 229-244
• Buss, T.F.  2001.  The effect of state tax incentives on economic growth and firm location decisions: an overview of the literature.  Economic Development Quarterly 15(1): 90-105.
• Chapman, R.E., Clarke, M.K., and Dobson, E.  1990.  Technology-Based Economic Development: A Study of State and Federal Technical Extension Services.  NIST Special Publication 786.  Gaithersburg, MD: National Institutes of Standards and Technology.
• Guimaraes, P., Rolfe, R.J., and Woodward, D.P.  1998.  Regional incentives and industrial location in Puerto Rico.  International Regional Science Review 21(2): 119-138.
• Herzog, H.W., and Schlottman, A.M., eds.  1991.  Industry Location and Public Policy.  Knoxville:  Univ. of Tennessee Press.
• Luger, M.I. and Goldstein, H.A.  1991.  Technology in the Garden: Research Parks and Regional Economic Development.  Chapel Hill:  Univ. of North Carolina Press.
• Mathur, V.K.  1999.  Human capital-based strategy for regional economic development.  Economic Development Quarterly 13(3): 203-216.
• Rosenfeld, S.  1992.  Smart Firms in Small Towns.  Washington, DC:  The Aspen Institute.

RURAL  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT

• Drabenstott, M., ed.  2001.  Special issue on Rural America [featuring analysis by Alan Greenspan].  International Regional Science Review 24(1).

SERVICE  SECTORS  AND  REGIONAL  DEVELOPMENT

• Harrington, J.W., MacPherson, A.D., and Lombard, J.R.  1991.  Interregional trade in producer services: review and synthesis.  Growth and Change 22(4): 75-94.
• Walker, R.A.  1985.  Is there a service economy? The changing capitalist division of labor.  Science & Society 49(1): 42-83.