City Size and Economic Performance: Is Bigger Better, Small More Beautiful or Middling Marvellous?
City Size and Economic Performance: Is Bigger Better, Small More Beautiful or Middling Marvellous?
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DOI：
10.1080/09654313.2014.904998
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发表时间：
2015-06-03
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Karecha, Jay
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作者：
Parkinson, Michael;Meegan, Richard;Karecha, Jay
摘要本文讨论了二线城市对欧洲各国经济表现的贡献。它回顾了关于规模、投资和经济绩效的竞争理论。它提供了一系列关于31个国家150多个欧洲首都和二线城市表现的证据。它为地方、国家和欧洲的决策者确定了一些关键的政策信息。它提供的证据表明，分散责任、权力和资源，分散投资，鼓励在一系列城市取得高绩效，而不是集中在首都城市，会产生国家效益。它认为，在紧缩时期，当有证据表明：（一）与首都的差距很大，而且还在扩大;（二）由于国家投资不足，二线城市的商业基础设施薄弱;（三）有明显的证据表明首都城市增长的负外部性时，国家政府应该抵制将投资集中在首都城市的压力，更多地投资二线城市。它认为，这些问题已经从欧盟委员会的议程上滑落，它应该采取更多措施，确保其战略有助于实现二线城市未来的经济潜力。
AbstractThis article discusses the contribution that second-tier cities can and do make to the economic performance of national economies across Europe. It reviews the competing theories about size, investment and economic performance. It presents a range of evidence about the performance of over 150 European capital and second-tier cities in 31 countries. It identifies some key policy messages for local national and European policy-makers. It presents evidence that decentralizing responsibilities, powers and resources, spreading investment and encouraging high performance in a range of cities rather than concentrating on the capital city produces national benefits. It argues that in a period of austerity national governments should resist pressures to concentrate investment in capital cities and invest more in second-tier cities when there is evidence that: (i) the gap with capitals is large and growing (ii) the business infrastructure of second-tier cities is weak because of national underinvestment and (iii) there is clear evidence about the negative externalities of capital city growth. It argues that the issues have slipped down the European Commission's agenda and it should do more to ensure its strategies help realize the economic potential of second-tier cities in future.