Regionalpolitik wurde lange Zeit wenig beachtet. Zurzeit weisen ihr jedoch viele eine hohe Bedeutung zu, weil regionale wirtschaftliche Unterschiede für gesellschaftliche Probleme verantwortlich gemacht werden. Daher hat die Bundesregierung im Herbst 2018 die Kommission "Gleichwertige...

This paper aims to shed light on the evolution of regional disparities with respect to economic activity, productivity and employment across the European Union. While the "multiple Speeds of Europe" are a buzzword often quoted to underpin different political strategies and visions, they are...

Interkommunale Kooperation wird vielfach als ein Mittel angesehen, mit dem speziell Städte und Gemeinden außerhalb der großen Ballungsräume die Folgen des demographischen Wandels und des zunehmenden interregionalen Standortwettbewerbs besser bewältigen könnten. Obschon immer mehr Gemeinden...

Regionalpolitik wurde lange Zeit wenig beachtet. Zurzeit weisen ihr jedoch viele eine hohe Bedeutung zu, weil regionale wirtschaftliche Unterschiede für gesellschaftliche Probleme verantwortlich gemacht werden. Daher hat die Bundesregierung im Herbst 2018 die Kommission "Gleichwertige...

The article offers some reflections on the important changes that local development has experienced along the last decades. In particular, it emphasizes the strong and increasing presence of uncertainties and the complex character of the actual urban and territorial problems. All this must be...

The aim of this paper is to assess adherence to announced annual bud- getary targets of a set of fiscal revenue data for the Regional Government of Andalu- sia (1994-2002).The statistical methodology of Kanda (2002)is employed for eva- luating the likelihood of meeting annual fiscal revenue...

The amelioration of the local government efficiency in Romania as prerequisite of economy’s sustainable growth largely depends on increasing exports and improving the business environment at regional and local level, factors that can help reducing the development gap. For Romania, several...

In this essay, I argue that the various institutional settings of fiscal decentralization observed in developing countries are contingent on institutional quality. Other incentives may exist for policymakers to change the degrees of fiscal power. My research is based on a five-year average of...

The principle of local autonomy, as right and capacity of local authorities to address and manage public issues, on behalf of and in the interests of the local communities they represent, requires meeting the following cumulative conditions: recognition of the legal personality of the local...

This paper offers some brief comments on the papers «Quali politiche per il Sud? Il ruolo delle politiche nazionali e regionali nell’ultimo decennio», by Cannari et al. (2009), and «Bilancio pubblico e flussi interregionali», by Staderini and Vadalà (2009). The main topics discussed are,...