Preliminary Quiz

Match the following

• North.

• Consumption multiplier.

• Hoyt.

• Urban multiplier.

• Keynes.

• Aggregate demand.

According to Hägerstrand’s model, the correct arrangement for the spatial-temporal phases of innovation is:

​ (a)   , ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   .

• Adoption
• Diffusion
• Saturation

What is the maximum distance, from a source of R&D activity, that a firm can benefit from knowledge spill-over?

He was the one that produced the first systematic theory of endogenous development.

Perroux in 1955 formulated a theory of ​ (a)   , that envisions ​ (b)   at certain points in space where a propulsive unit triggers the ​ (c)   .

• local development
• selective growth
• development process
• macro-development
• equal growth
• diffusion of innovation
• excessive industrialization

Which of the following are examples of a "spill-over effect" in regional growth?

• A new manufacturing plant creates jobs and increases local income.

• An increase in tourism leads to the development of new hotels and restaurants.

• The expansion of a university attracts students.

• None of the above.

According to the multiplicative effect, given by ​ (a)   , found in the new ​ (b)   economic version similar to​ (c)   model: ​ (d)   and imports depend on the level of income, propensity to consume and to​ (e)   .

• Export-led
• Hoyt's
• consumption
• import
• Import-led
• North's
• Keynes'
• export

Which is the optimal city size for the people already living in the city?

- ​ (a)   among firms facilitates the exchange of tacit knowledge.

- ​ (b)   among firms is the source of collective learning processes and socialisation to the risk of innovation.

- ​ (c)   facilitates the co-operation among actors and therefore the socialisation of knowledge.

- ​ (d)   guarantees mutual understanding among actors based on the existence of a common knowledge base.

• Spatial proximity
• Relational proximity
• Institutional proximity
• Cognitive proximity

The acronym of the SOUDY model stands for: