Research Catalog

Title

The regional dimension in European public policy : convergence or divergence? / Reiner Martin.

Author

Martin, Reiner, 1966-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

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Details

Description

xx, 197 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Regional planning > European Union countries
• Politique régionale
• UE/CE Politique
• Planification régionale
• Disparités régionales
• Conditions économiques
• Economic history > Regional disparities
• Economic policy
• Regional planning
• Regionale planning
• Regionale verschillen
• Economische integratie
• Planification régionale > Pays de l'union européenne
• Aide au développement économique régional > Pays de l'Union européenne
• Convergence (économie politique) > Pays de l'Union européenne
• Régionalisation économique > Pays de l'Union européenne
• Aménagement du territoire > Pays de l'Union européenne
• Regionalpolitik
• Regionale Disparität
• Entwicklungskonvergenz
• Bildungsinvestition
• Verkehrsinfrastrukturpolitik
• EU-Staaten
• European Union countries > Economic conditions > Regional disparities
• European Union countries > Economic policy
• European Economic Community countries > Economic conditions > Regional disparities
• European Economic Community countries > Economic policy
• European Union countries
• Pays de l'Union européenne > Conditions économiques > Disparités régionales
• Pays de l'Union européenne > Politique économique

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (183-193) and index.

Contents

Regional Convergence or Divergence in the European Union? -- European Economic Integration and the Growth of Regional Heterogeneity -- A Short History of European Economic Integration -- The Regional Organisation of the European Union -- Regional Economic Disparities within the EU -- Regional Income Disparities -- Regional Labour Market Disparities -- Links between Regional Income, Employment and Productivity -- Economic Theory and the Convergence versus Divergence Debate -- Convergence Theory -- The Neoclassical Approach to Growth and Convergence -- Adjustment Mechanisms and the Theory of Factor Price Equalisation -- Divergence Theory -- Technological Differences between Locations -- Increasing Returns to Scale and External Effects -- New Growth Theory and Endogenous Technological Progress -- Location Theory -- Locational Competition and Governmental Intervention -- Conclusions: The Ambiguity of Theoretical Predictions -- Regional Convergence within the EU: an Empirical Analysis -- National Economic Performance in the Cohesion Countries -- Determinants of Regional Convergence -- Convergence as a Spontaneous Process? -- The Impact of Regional Policy Variables on Growth -- The Impact of Regional Policy Variables: a Multivariate Approach -- Conclusions: Can Regional Policy Foster Convergence? -- European Regional Policy and the Problem of Policy Co-ordination -- The Regional Policy of the European Union -- Rationales for European Regional Policy -- Why Regional Policy in the First Place? -- Why European Regional Policy?

ISBN

• 0312217021
• 9780312217020
• 0333746716
• 9780333746714

LCCN

98050835

OCLC

• ocm40347455
• 40347455
• SCSB-8939374

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library