In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird versucht, die institutionellen Reibungsverluste bei der Regionalisierung von Wirtschafts- und Strukturpolitik näher zu beschreiben und ihre Ursachen mit einer gewissen Plausibilität zu diagnostizieren. Dabei stützt sich die Analyse auf ein zwar detailliertes,...

Proceeding from a view that a municipal level of governance seems to be a matter-of-course basis both for federate relations and an effective decentralized decision-making system in modern economy, we consider the development issues of municipal units and population settlement patterns. We also...

The paper analyzes the experience of structural and cohesion policies pursued by the countries of the Eastern and Central Europe during their membership in the European Union. We can state that the countries – new members of the EU – displayed the increased economic, social, and...

The Joint Task (“Gemeinschaftsaufgabe”) “Improvement of Regional Economic Structure” is an important instrument of German regional policy. The programme aims at narrowing the development disparities among regions. The “Gemeinschaftsaufgabe” identifies assisted areas using four single...