List of Tables

A2.1 Towns used in the analysis 223.1 Individual and social capital resources 504.1 Variable descriptions 794.2 Descriptive statistics 794.3 Results from the FEVD regressions for firm entry

(in the period 1993-2004) 804.4 Results from the FEVD regressions for firm exit

(in the period 1993-2004) 814.5 Results from the FEVD regressions for net entry of firms

(in the period 1993-2004) 82A4.1 Correlation matrix for the primary sector 88A4.2 Correlation matrix for the manufacturing sector 88A4.3 Correlation matrix for the ordinary service sector 88A4.4 Correlation matrix for the advanced service sector 896.1 Definitions of public-private partnerships (OECD, 2008) 1216.2 Top-ten countries with the largest PPP/PFI project finance

deals, 2004. 1256.3 List of published PPP projects since 2004 1306.4 Health, Local and Others PFI in the UK 2008 1346.5 Regional distribution of PFI projects 1376.6 Regional distribution by promoting authorities 1386.7 Per capita regional distribution by promoting authorities 1386.8 Chi-Square Test (P-value) 1407.1 Variable statistic values 1577.2 Model specification with diagnostics for spatial effects 158A.7.1 Medium-sized cities in Portugal 1708.1 A framework of innovative capacity 1778.2 EU Regions with the highest proportion of employment

in high-tech knowledge intensive services, 2004 (Top 20 EU-15 regions) 181

8.3 Selected indicators from 2005 UK Innovation Survey 1828.4 Jobs in specific sectors in rural and urban Oxfordshire, 2004 18311.1 Employment by area of residence, 2002-2007 23311.2 Population, employment and development indicators in Romania,

by NUTS 2 region 23511.3 Rural population and urban centers in Romania in 2007,

by county 235