Voluntary regional cooperation in Swiss polycentric regions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22008544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Wittwer (0000-0002-6843-2526, University of Bern, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-300 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Territory Politics Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2162-2671 • E-ISSN: 2162-268X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21622671.2020.1837663 |
| OpenAlex | W3106542073 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 34 |
This paper extends the recent research on the increasing economic and political importance of small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) in polycentric urban regions (PURs). It does so by examining the kind of governance mechanisms Swiss SMSTs in PURs voluntarily engage in to partake in regional economic development and analyses macro-level data for all Swiss SMSTs and smaller cities to determine which political, economic and spatial factors explain polycentric cooperation. Combining concepts from political science, public administration and economic geography and taking the bottom-up perspective of SMSTs sheds a light on the question of how and why some SMSTs in PURs decide to cooperate while others do not. While recent research shows how SMSTs benefit from their proximity to each other, research on how and why they make use of this proximity is scarce. The paper offers new insights into the determinants of voluntary cooperation in regional economic development that are relevant for the appropriate planning of cooperation in fragmented PURs beyond the Swiss context. The findings support the theoretical arguments that the assessment of potential gains and division and information costs of a cooperation helps to explain voluntary cooperation with other SMSTs
Corporate governance · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Macro · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Regional science · Sociology · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Regional Development and Policy · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |