David M. Nowlan
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nowlan@chass.utoronto.ca
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~nowlan
READINGS
Eco 250B Regional Economics with a Focus on Europe
*Readings marked with an asterisk are not included in the main readings package. Please
make sure you have arranged to get these from Professor Nowlan before leaving for Siena.
Part A
Industrial Clustering, Renaissance Florence and an Introduction to the European
Union
Sabel, Charles F. 1989. "Flexible Specialization and the Re-emergence of Regional Economies,"
from P. Hirst and J. Zeitlin (eds), Reversing Industrial Decline? Industrial Structure and
Policy in Britain and Her Competitors, Oxford: Berg. Re-printed as chapter 4 of Ash Amin
(ed), Post-Fordism: A Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.
Leonardi, Robert. 1998. "The Role of Tuscany in the European Union," chapter 1 of Robert
Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti (eds), Regional Development in a Modern European
Economy: The Case of Tuscany. London: Pinter (A Cassell Imprint).
Amin, Ash. 1998. "Santa Croce in Context, or How Industrial Districts Respond to the
Restructuring of World Markets," chapter 8 of Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti
(eds), Regional Development in a Modern European Economy: The Case of Tuscany.
London: Pinter (A Cassell Imprint).
*The Economist. 1999. "The Complications of Clustering," January 2, 1999.
*The Economist. 1996. "Single Market, Single-minded," May 4th, 1996.
Hall, Peter. 1998. "The Rediscovery of Life: Florence 1400-1500," chapter 3 of his book Cities
in Civilization. New York: Pantheon Books.
Dent, Christopher M. 1997. "Regional Integration," part of chapter 2 of his book The European
Economy: The Global Context," London: Routledge.
Somers, Frans. 1998. "The European Union," chapter 1 in Frans Somers (ed), European Union
Economics. Addison Wesley.
Part B
Growth Theory and the Issue of Convergence
Begg, Iain and David Mayes. 1993. "Cohesion in the European Community: A Key Imperative
for the 1990s?" Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 23, 1993, pp. 427-448. North
Holland.
*European Union. 1996. Cohesion in the European Union. Cohesion Report Summary. Fact
Sheet 17.12.1996.
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McDonald, John F. 1997. "Models of Metropolitan Economic Growth," parts of chapter 11 of
his book Fundamentals of Urban Economics. Prentice Hall.
Jacobs, Jane. 1980. "National Size and Economic Development," chapter 4 in her book Quebec
and the Struggle over Sovereignty: The Question of Separatism. New York: Random House,
1980.
Part C
Cumulative Causation: A Challenge to Orthodoxy
Myrdal, Gunnar. 1957. "The Drift Towards Regional Economic Inequalities in a Country,"
chapter 3 of Economic Theory and Underdeveloped Regions, Gerald Duckworth: 1957.
Reprinted by Methuen & Co., 1963.
Arthur, W. Brian. 1994. "Positive Feedbacks in the Economy," chapter 1 in his collected essays
Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy, Ann Arbor: The University of
Michigan Press.
Krugman, Paul. 1991a. "Center and Periphery," chapter 1 of his Geography and Trade,
Cambridge: The MIT Press.
*Krugman, Paul. 1991b. "Regions and Nations," chapter 3 of his Geography and Trade,
Cambridge: TheMIT Press.
Part D
The New Growth Theory: Education, Innovative Milieux, Competition, and Clustering
Again
Porter, Michael E. 1990a. "The Dynamics of National Advantage," chapter 4 of his book The
Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: The Free Press.
Porter, Michael E. 1990b. "The Italian Ceramic Tile Industry," from his book The Competitive
Advantage of Nations. New York: The Free Press.
Peter Hall. 1998. "The Innovative Milieu," chapter 9 of his book Cities in Civilization. New
York: Pantheon Books.
Putnam, Robert D. 1993. "Tracing the Roots of the Civic Community," chapter 5 in his book
Making Democracy Work, Princeton University Press.
Sassen, Saskia. 1991. "Overview," chapter 1 of her book The Global City: New York, London,
Tokyo. Princeton University Press.
*Krugman, Paul. 1999. "Some Chaotic Thought on Regional Dynamics." From his web site
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/temin.html.
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Part E
Together or Separately?
Chabot, Christian N. 1999. "Birth of the Euro," chapter 2 of his book Understanding the Euro.
McGraw-Hill.
*Krugman, Paul. 1998. "The Euro: Beware of What You Wish For." From his web site
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/euronote.html.
*The Economist. 1998a. "The Power of Eleven," December 5, 1998
Alesina, Alberto, Roberto Perotti and Enrico Spolaore. 1995. "Together or Separately? Issues
on the Costs and Benefits of Political and Fiscal Unions." European Economic Review, vol
39, pp. 751-758.
*The Economist. 1998b. "Little Countries: Small but Perfectly Formed," January 3rd, 1998.
*The Economist. 1999. "The State of Scotland: A Nation Once Again?" May 1st-7th, 1999.
The Economist. 1998c. "Good Fences," December 19th, 1998.
John Newhouse. 1997. "Europe's Rising Regionalism," Foreign Affairs, vol. 76, no. 1, Jan/Feb
1997, pp. 67-84.
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