tendencies will be empirically investigated in this study. Locational gini coefficients are computed taking EU-KLEMS data for 14 … enhancement of theoretical models. Further, the results are important for understanding agglomeration processes in the EU …

, New Trade Theories and the New Economic Geography. Taking EU-KLEMS data for 14 European countries covering 20 industries … Industrial Concentration but only a slight increase in Countries' Specialization in the EU evident over time. Especially, low … Economic Geography can explain both Industrial Concentration and Countries' Specialization in the EU best. As regards Countries …

the economic success of EU states statistically tangible. Firstly, we show in descriptive illustrations that the … theoretically expected characteristics of small countries clearly apply to the current EU states. From the theoretical perspective … influenced by factors other than population size, such as the duration of EU membership, the level of economic development …

investigates how the accession of 10 Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) to the European Union (EU) affected trade in …-2009, we find that EU accession mainly fostered Eastern entrants' integration in other CEECs' value chains. Smaller integration …

This paper investigates the trade effects of Turkey’s trade integration into the EU. To this end sectoral trade flows … to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002 are examined concentrating on Turkey's sixteen most important … export sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of price competition, EU protection, and transport costs in the export trade …