Income convergence and cohesion are at the centre of EU regional policy. Our non-parametric and descriptive analyses show that economic disparities between the regions of the EU have decreased considerably during the last two decades. The distribution of regional per-capita income has become...

In Germany, unlike other OECD countries, research-intensive industries play a crucial role for overall economic growth. In the course of the 2008/2009 financial crisis these industries were hit especially hard by a sharp decline in production. This article studies how the crisis affected the...

The change of production and demand conditions requires continues adjustments of the product portfolio of enterprises. Based on representative micro data of official surveys for Germany these adjustments are set here in relationship with the success of enterprises. It can be shown that the...