article assesses the relative economic competitiveness of regions and localities in the UK by constructing a single index that …HUGGINS R. (2003) Creating a UK competitiveness index: regional and local benchmarking, Reg. Studies 37 , 89-96. This … reflects, as fully as possible, the measurable criteria constituting "area competitiveness'. Other studies and research on …

Time-series tests and analysis of disparities over time are employed in this paper to investigate convergence of cost … competitiveness in the food, beverages, and tobacco manufacturing of 14 EU countries and the USA. According to the empirical results …, there has been no uniform pattern of convergence across all countries for any of the three variables (unit labor cost, labor …

A sustainable long-run pattern in the relative competitiveness of Euro area countries is a key factor for the survival …

A sustainable path of relative competitiveness among the EMU countries is a key factor for the survivorship of the … competitiveness of euro area countries, controlling for exchange rate on the adjustment dynamics, for the economy as a whole and for … the manufacturing sector, considered as a proxy of the tradable sector. Results show a lack of convergence of member …

A sustainable long-run pattern in the relative competitiveness of euro area countries is a key factor for the …

of FDI, the zones policy has not managed to overcome the legacy of backwardness or lagging regions. The main policy … place for follow up measures to ensure the longer term competitiveness and sustainability implications of such an initiative …