Regional development grants : the Scottish experience 1975-1979

Fraser, Neil and Orton, Ian (1980) Regional development grants : the Scottish experience 1975-1979. Quarterly Economic Commentary, 6 (1). pp. 34-45. ISSN 0306-7866

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    Abstract

    In recent months regional policy has once more come under scrutiny. The recently established Select Committee for Scottish Affairs took regional policy as its first major topic for investigation. In particular it was concerned with the potency of the existing institutional arrangements in attracting mobile investment to Scotland. In a similar vein this article is concerned with regional policy in Scotland and the role that it plays in determining investment. Specifically out main aims are to show that the present system, irrespective of the institutional arrangements, is not likely to produce spatial equality of economic opportunity; nor in the last analysis is it necessarily compatible with any efficiency criteria.

    • Item type:Article
      ID code:50613
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      July 1980
      Published
      Keywords:regional development, Scottish economy, regional policy, economic development, Scotland, Regional economics. Space in economics, Economics and Econometrics, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      Subjects:Social Sciences > Communities. Classes. Races > Regional economics. Space in economics
      Department:UNSPECIFIED
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:28 Nov 2014 13:29
      Last modified:23 Sep 2021 04:47
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      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/50613
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