Papers in Regional Science © RSAI Volume 96, Issue 4 Pages 673 - 900, November 2017 The latest issue of Papers in Regional Science is available on Wiley Online Library ISSUE INFORMATION Issue information (pages 673–674) Version of Record online: 3 NOV 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12266 ARTICLES Regional growth with spatial dependence: A case study on early Italian industrialization (pages 675–695) Carlo Ciccarelli and Stefano Fachin Version of Record online: 31 MAR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12217 Volatility in European regions (pages 697–720) Irene Brunetti, Davide Fiaschi, Lisa Gianmoena and Angela Parenti Version of Record online: 23 FEB 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12212 Clustering vs. relative location: Measuring spatial interaction between retail outlets (pages 721–741) Isabelle M. Nilsson and Oleg A. Smirnov Version of Record online: 5 APR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12219 Empirical analysis of differential spillover effects within a growth equilibrium framework: Urban–rural versus rural–rural linkages (pages 743–758) Siyi Feng and Myles Patton Version of Record online: 20 APR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12226 Changes in the ethnic composition of neighbourhoods: Analysis of household's response and asymmetric preference structures (pages 759–784) Tatjana Ibraimovic and Stephane Hess Version of Record online: 6 MAY 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12230 Network proximity in the geography of research collaboration (pages 785–815) Laurent R. Bergé Version of Record online: 5 APR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12218 Assessing the impacts of Cohesion Policy on EU regions: A non-parametric analysis on interventions promoting research and innovation and transport accessibility (pages 817–841) Antonella Rita Ferrara, Philip McCann, Guido Pellegrini, Dirk Stelder and Flavia Terribile Version of Record online: 23 MAY 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12234 Mexico's North-South divide: The regional distribution of state inefficiency 1988–2008 (pages 843–858) Antonio Alvarez, Rafael Garduño-Rivera and Hector M. Nuñez Version of Record online: 23 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12303 Automatic parameter tuning for functional regionalization methods (pages 859–879) José Manuel Casado-Díaz, Lucas Martínez-Bernabéu and Francisco Flórez-Revuelta Version of Record online: 12 JAN 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12199 Efficiency-enhancing horizontal mergers in spatial competition (pages 881–894) Ralph M. Braid Version of Record online: 21 APR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12228 BOOK REVIEWS The political economy of privatization in rich democracies. Herbert Obinger, Carina Schmitt and Stefan Traub. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 2016. 156 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-966968-4. (pages 895–896) Chiara F. Del Bo Version of Record online: 3 NOV 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12313 Sustainable Innovation and Regional Developent – Rethinking Innovative Milieus. L. Kebir, O. Crevoisier, P. Costa and V. Peyrache-Gadeau (Eds). Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2017. 267 pp. £90.00. ISBN: 978-1-78471-220-4. (pages 896–898) Franz Tödtling Version of Record online: 3 NOV 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12320 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO REFEREES Acknowledgement to referees (pages 899–900) Version of Record online: 3 NOV 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12331