Globalization and European integration are substantially changing the interregional division of labor in Europe and the … integration (such as the new economic geography, urbanization economics, and the theory of comparative advantages), surveys the …

growth performance and reforms, as well as between reforms and European integration. The paper derives the range of possible …

ask whether and to what extent small is still beautiful. The internal market promises the greatest integration benefits … from utilising economies of scale. In line with the integration theory, large economies (and their large-scale businesses …) should profit more from a deeper European integration than would smaller ones. But is the size of an economy within the EU …