… convergence versus those of regional divergence. Over the past … legitimately respond by
arguing that evolutionary economic … things to say on economic specialisation and diversity, but it …

… in response to shocks has led some authors to refer to it as ‘… nothing short of a wholesale
transformation of the system’s … specialization. In particular these views highlight the value of …

… A final data review ensured the results were internally consistent … Interestingly, the
specialisation index is not strongly … are underlain by a divergence in skill levels across British …

… To this end, we randomized the response within seasons and … that resource specialization,
divergent selection and population … In summary, the key to this potentially extremely rapid …

… agglomeration economies, specialization, the attraction of … , and in practice actual responses
to recessions and similar … sufficiently higher to offset the divergence that occurs during the …

… The next section reviews spatial dynamics in AM and … a strong and widening divergence
between industrial LADs and … specialization in TIRs, and those that have seen rapidly declining …

… to both cross-country divergence and also within-country specialisation associated with a
spatial … The L-index is a summary statistic of both relative specialisation indices and relative …

… This trend to geographical economic divergence is … industry specialisations that echoes
cluster policy fads of the past (… This paper has reviewed the recent development of industrial …

… More specifically, to what extent has the divergent growth of … long-term shifts with short-term
responses. London has always … areas, due to their specialization in service exports.Footnote …

… How far this divergence both influenced the resistance of … that Britain’s core cities have varied
in their responses to the … How far the relative structural specialisations across cities evident …