Hall P. Opportunities for democracy in cross-border regions? Lessons from the �resund Region, Regional Studies. This … article critically assesses the democratic character of cross-border regions within the European Union. Cross …

In this paper we use a gravity model to study the trade performance of French and Spanish border regions relatively to … non-border regions, over the past two decades. We find that, controlling for their size, proximity and location … characteristics, border regions trade on average between 62% and 193% more with their neighbouring country than other regions, and …

generally benefit, whereas rural border regions are likely to lose, even though dramatic negative consequences can be excluded …

ANDERSON J. and O'DOWD L. (1999) Borders, border regions and territoriality: contradictory meanings, changing …. Borders and border regions are thus particularly revealing places for social research, especially in the present era of … propositions raise a series of questions concerning how and to what extent state borders and border regions are being re-made, re …

border regions and what components have contributed to the expansion in employment. The data analyzed so far suggest that the … employment gains in the border regions are at least as great as the increases in the other parts of Austria's eastern half; thus …, the development in the border regions has become more dynamic. This was not the case in the past. Foreign workers …

Regional developments in Austria have long exhibited an East-West gradient. In the border regions to the East deficits … and discusses different approaches in support of the Eastern border regions. …