Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword -- CONTRIBUTORS xv -- 1. Overview 1 -- 2. Public Policies and Economic Geography 19 -- 3. Regional Policies and EU Enlargement 33 -- 4. Discussion of "Regional Policies and EU Enlargement" by Boldrin and Canova, and "Public Policies and Economic...

Transition has been a wrenching process for the labor markets of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs), and the prospect of joining the European Union gives rise to both hopes and misgivings among their population. Similarly among other member countries, a new resolve to shake off a...

The European Union (EU) stands out internationally as one of the regions of the world that has most explicitly and deliberately attempted to reduce regional disparities within its constituents. How effective this effort has been, and continues to be, is a matter of open debate. The current...