Regional research frontiers - vol. 2: methodological advances, regional systems modeling and open sciences

Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Part I Regional Systems Modeling -- 1 Dynamic Econometric Input-Output Modeling: New Perspectives -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Private Consumption, Income and Socio-economic Characteristics of Households -- 1.3 Production and Technical Progress -- 1.4 Calibration and Stock-flow Consistency -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Unraveling the Household Heterogeneity in RegionalEconomic Models: Some Important Challenges -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Population Composition and Changes Over Time -- 2.3 Consumption by Households of Different Types -- 2.4 Ageing and the Macro Economy -- 2.5 Immigration, Ageing and the Regional Economy -- 2.6 Does a Change in Retirement Age Affect a Regional Economy? -- 2.7 Endogenous Investment in Human Capital -- 2.8 Summary -- 2.9 Future Research Agenda -- 2.9.1 Additional Household Disaggregation -- 2.9.2 Migration Dynamics -- 2.9.3 Changing Demographics and Changing Regional Competitiveness -- 2.9.4 Enhancing the Modeling of Consumption and the Role of Wealth -- References -- 3 Geographical Macro and Regional Impact Modeling -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Geography in Modern Development Policy Approaches -- 3.3 Geographical Extension of Traditional Development Policy Impact Models: Critical Challenges -- 3.4 The Emergence of a New Generation of Development Policy Impact Models: The Case of the GMR-Approach -- 3.4.1 Modeling Policy Impact on Technological Progress -- 3.4.2 Modeling the Transmission of the Technology Impact to Economic Variables -- 3.4.3 Modeling Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Economic Growth and Macro Impact Integration -- 3.5 Epilogue -- References -- 4 Computable General Equilibrium Modelling in Regional Science -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Model Computation, Specification and Methodology