Urban Gråsjö

23 years of the Uddevalla Symposium 1998-2020

A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Tobit Models

This study focuses on a comparison of diOEerent kinds of Tobit models. According to the ® ndings, a simple Tobit I method can produce results that...

Accessibility : An Underused Analytical and Empirical Tool in Spatial Economics

Accessibility has for many years been a widely used tool in transportation research. Many definitions have been suggested and researchers have...

Accessibility to R&D : A Reexamination of the Consequences for Invention and Innovation

Accessibility to R&D and Patent Production

The main purpose in this paper is to study to what extent accessibility to R&D can explain patent production. Therefore a knowledge production...

Accessibility to R&D on Patent Production

Degree of Digitalization and Citizen Satisfaction : A Study of the Role of Local e-Government in Sweden

The aim was to investigate whether there is a relationship between degree of e-government in Swedish municipalities and perceived satisfaction amon...

Different Measures of Economic Growth Lead to Different Conclusions?

When regional growth studies are conducted, a common measure of economic growth is the wage sum. One reason for this may be the limited access to G...

Diversity, Innovation and Clusters : Spatial Perspectives

Do different measures of economic growth lead to different conclusions?

Growth and regional growth are regularly concepts of current interest. Studies of regional growth have been conducted by numerous scholars but the...

Do Municipal Facebook Performance and Citizen Satisfaction go Hand in Hand?

This paper examines the relation between municipalities' social media performance and citizen satisfaction withthe municipality. An observational...

Editorial

Effekter av högre utbildning på regional utveckling : WP4 delrapport inom K3-projektet ”Nya vägar”

Employment and economic activity in different Swedish border regions

Employment and Economic Activity in Different Swedish Border Regions

This study investigate how the effect of cross border activities between Sweden and its three Nordic neighbours influence the Swedish local economi...

Entrepreneurial knowledge, technology and the transformation of regions : An introduction

Experience Design : Understanding the Role of Technology for Virtual Experiences

Abstract: New technologies have always teased the imagination of avant-garde artists on how to challenge existing cultural paradigms. For instance,...

Experience Design : Understanding the Role of Technology for Virtual Experiences

New technologies have always teased the imagination of avant-garde artists on how to challenge existing cultural paradigms. For instance, experienc...

Explaining Variations in Regional Housing Prices : An Accessibility Approach

This paper argues that the relative geographical position of a municipality needs to be accounted for when explaining variations in housing prices....

Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship : New Horizons in Regional Science series

Developed countries must be incredibly innovative to secure incomes and welfare so that they may successfully compete against international rivals....

Human Capital and Productivity in a Spatial Economic System

Imports, R&D and Local Patent Production

The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the effects of national and international knowledge flows on innovative activity. Therefore a knowledge...

Imports, R&D and Local Patent Production

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of national and international knowledge flows on innovative activity. Therefore a knowledge...

Indicators of Economic Development : An Exploratory Study Using Swedish Municipal Data Contrasting Economic Development and Growth

This paper explores different definitions of Economic Development and possible measures for Economic Development and how they relate to measures...

Indicators of economic development : an exploratory study using Swedish municipal data contrasting economic development and growth

This chapter explores possible measures of economic development and how they relate to measures commonly used for studying economic growth. Since...

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy : Knowledge, Technology and Internationalization

Interpretation of subjective symptoms in double-blind placebo-controlled food challenges : interobserver reliability

Background: Subjective symptoms after food challenges are difficult to interpret and no standard is available. We discuss a strategy for how to...

Introduction

Introduction: diversity, innovation and clusters : spatial perspectives

Introduction : Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Introduction to Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship : The Potential for Increasing Capacities

Invention, Innovation and Regional Growth in Swedish Regions

We explore the link between invention and innovation on the one hand and the level of economic activity and economic growth in Sweden by using...

Invention, Innovation and Regional Growth in Swedish Regions

Knowledgeflows, knowledge externalities and regional economic development

On the Specification of Regression Models with Spatial Dependence : An Application of the Accessibility concept

Using the taxonomy by Anselin (2003), this paper investigates how the inclusion of spatially discounted variables on the ‘right-hand-side’ (RHS) in...

Operationalizing the performance of a tourism network : A case study of Network Limfjorden, Denmark

Partnership arrangements in order to achieve sustainable economic growth is nowadays a more and more common feature of developing strategies in...

Preface

Productivity and Cross border Accessibility to Human Capital : A Study Comparing Norwegian and Swedish Border Regions

While border regions are peripheral areas on a national scale, they gain a more central position in the actual border region, due to their location...

Productivity and cross-border accessibility to human capital : A study comparing Norwegian and Swedish border regions

Regional Growth and Accessibility to Knowledge Resources: A Study of Swedish Mu­nicipali­ties

Regional Knowledge Accessibility and Regional Economic Growth

Knowledge is maintained as a core variable for growth in a large set of contemporary theories. In this paper we have analyzed the relationship...

Regression Analysis and Time Use Data : A Comparison of Microeconometric Approaches with Data from the Swedish Time Use Survey

Regression Analysis and Time Use Data : A Comparison of Microeconometric Approaches with Data from the Swedish Time Use Survey (HUS)

Spatial dependence and the representation of space in empirical models

Spatial econometrics : Methods and applications

Spatial knowledge spillovers in Europe : A Meta-Analysis

Spatial Spillovers of Knowledge Production : An Accessibility Approach

The main focus of the thesis is on issues concerning production of knowledge. It is a common observation that knowledge activities have a tendency ...

Swedish perspectives on creative cities

Most of what has been written about the role of creativity for urban growth and development and about so called creative cities has used a very...

Swedish Perspectives on creative cities

Tentative Indices for Regional Economic Development : An Exploratory Study Using Swedish Municipal Data

Using variable selections methods this paper examines variables potentially suitable as indicators for different dimensions of economic development...