Despite the significant academic interest in the economic cohesion, the various aspects of convergence and the ways they can be measured still remain theoretically unclear. These are issues of extreme political significance, especially for countries aspiring for EU and euro area membership. The...

Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der Konjunkturanalyse und -prognose vor, die der Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung in seinem Jahresgutachten 2000/2001 am 15. November 2000 vorgelegt hat. Zum besseren Verständnis werden...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. State Restructuring and Regional Convergence: A Review of Theories and Debates -- 3. Indonesia and Its Regional Development Since the 1980s: An Inheritance from the New Order Regime -- 4....