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Spatial Effects of European Integration : Do Border Regions Benefit Above Average?

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2004

A basic result of new economic geography (NEG) models is that the proximity to consumer markets impacts wages and employment within regions. The ongoing process of European integration, being targeted on the reduction of barriers to trade and factor mobility, has presumably changed relative...

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The Impact of EU Enlargement on European Border Regions

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005

EU enlargement is supposed to entail profound impact on the location of economic activities in Europe. Although there is concern about the implications of enlargement for regional disparities in the EU, corresponding empirical results are still rare. The objective of this analysis is to provide...

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The impact of optimal tariffs and taxes on agglomeration

Ross, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

This paper extends an economic geography model by tariffs to analyze their impact on welfare and sustainability of … agglomerations. Policies with and without cooperation are compared, with the goal of maximizing aggregated welfare in the former and … regional welfare in the latter case. The main result is that under cooperation poorer regions are worse off in two respects. In …

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Concentration and Specialisation Trends in Germany since Reunification

Suedekum, Jens - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2004

In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we neither find compelling evidence for a specialisation...

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The Drive to Economic Integration in Africa

Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005

In Africa there has been an immense effort in the past, continuing into the present, to unite politically and to build numerous economic integration areas. In this paper we discuss the reasons for the existence of this phenomenon in Africa which we call the drive to political and economic...

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Trade Imbalances and the Political Economy of a Transitional Fund in the EAC

Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003

The EAC is on the verge of establishing a customs union. But this is accompanied by fears that the Customs Union would lead to trade imbalances among the Partner States, which would create serious problems for the proper functioning of the Customs Union itself. To mitigate these problems the...

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Austrian border regions and eastern integration: A low competitiveness - high growth paradoxon

Mayerhofer, Peter - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

Many regions on the EU Eastern borders have developed favourably after the opening up of the border and the implementation of association agreements with the CEECs. This was often seen as a positive sign for the further perspectives of these regions after EU enlargement. In this paper we take a...

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European trade integration in the Baltic Sea Region - A gravity model based analysis

Paas, Tiiu; Tafenau, Egle - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005

The paper explores regional trade integration of the countries involved in the EU eastward enlargement (EU-25) processes distinguishing the possible regional trade clusters within EU-25 that may support integration of the EU-15 and the new member states. We examine whether the gravity equation...

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German FDI and Integration of Production in the EU

Keller, Dietmar; Jungnickel, Rolf - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003

In this paper, we investigate internationalization strategies of German manufacturing firms in the European Union. We give reasons for the hypothesis that traditional market strategies had been replaced by border-crossing production networking based on the comparative advantage of host countries...

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Regional integration in developing countries : some lessons based on case studies

Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003

The main focus of this paper is the question if the success of regional integration organisation in developing countries is, in fact, dependent on factors like similarity of their economic structure, market size or lack of committment. It is shown that there are also other more important...

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