In the context of current economic and financial crisis a comparative analysis of the main indices of economic and social performance of the EU member states is necessary. In such line of argument, the authors propose, as novelty, an economic power-economic performance matrix as a methodological...

Development gaps are a common feature throughout the regions of the European Union, and Romania is no exception. Despite all the political and financial efforts, the convergence process is lengthy and complex, and the gaps with the deepest economic and social roots are the most difficult to be...

Inhalt: 1. Die historische Ausgangslage (Weidenfeld, Werner: Europa - aber wo liegt es? - Schulze, Hagen: Nation und Nationalstaat im Wandel) . - 2. Die Staatenwelt in Europa (Woyke, Wichard: Belgien, die Niederlande und Luxemburg. - Gros, Jürgen: Bundesrepublik Deutschland. - Menudier, Henri:...

In the European Union, one of the primary goals of integration is the convergence of the regional income per capita (and of other significant socio-economic indicators), and hence, how to generate a process of convergence. In the economic literature, theories of convergence and divergence...