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SERC DISCUSSION PAPER 62 In Search of the ‘Economic Dividend’ of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy and Decentralisation in the UK Andy Pike (SERC, CURDS, Newcastle University) Andres Rodríguez-Pose (SERC, London School of Economics, IMDEA Social Sciences Institute, Madrid) John Tomaney (SERC, CURDS, Newcastle University, Institute for Regional Studies, Monash University, Australia) Gianpiero Torrisi (SERC, CURDS, Newcastle University) Vassilis Tselios (SERC, CURDS, Newcastle University) October 2010 This work was part of the research programme of the independent UK Spatial Economics Research Centre funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG), and the Welsh Assembly Government. The support of the funders is acknowledged. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the funders. © A. Pike, A. Rodríguez-Pose, J. Tomaney, G. Torrisi and V. Tselios, submitted 2010 In Search of the ‘Economic Dividend’ of Devolution: Spatial Disparities, Spatial Economic Policy and Decentralisation in the UK Andy Pike* Andrés Rodríguez-Pose** John Tomaney*** Gianpiero Torrisi* Vassilis Tselios* October 2010 * SERC, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University ** SERC, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and IMDEA Social Sciences Institute, Madrid, Spain *** SERC, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University and Institute for Regional Studies, Monash University, Australia Acknowledgement Subm