Economic disparities between the regions of the European Union are of constant concern both for policy and economic research. In this paper, we examine whether there are overlapping trends of regional development in the EU: overall convergence, on the one hand, and persistent or even increasing...

Regionale wirtschaftliche Disparitäten sind die zentralen Orientierungsgrößen der auf Konvergenz und Kohäsion gerichteten nationalen und europäischen Regionalpolitik. In diesem Papier untersuchen wir, wie sich die Pro-Kopf-Einkommen in den Regionen der EU 15 entwickelt haben. Die...

Economic disparities between the regions of the European Union are of constant concern both for policy and economic research. In this paper we examine whether there are overlapping trends of regional development in the EU: overall convergence on the one hand and persistent or even increasing...

This paper is an attempt to provide evidence on two questions: Why do companies sponsor art events, and where exactly does the money go? We analyse data collected on the revenue structure of cultural institutions in Berlin and Hamburg. This data set not only tells us where the money goes, it...

The vast majority of regions in West Germany, and the EU, have become more similar in terms of per-capita income and productivity between 1980 and 2000. But a number of rich areas - generally large agglomerations - have succeeded in departing from this trend of convergence. They are continuing...

Using panel data on European regions and applying Analysis of Covariance, our study provides an empirical assessment of the relative importance of national, regional and spatial factors for explaining variations of productivity. Our analysis shows that initial economic conditions or...

Berlin ist in den vergangenen zehn Jahren mit seiner wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung weit hinter anderen deutschen und auch europäischen Metropolen zurückgeblieben. Allein von 1998 bis 2004 hat die Stadt 8% ihrer sozialversicherungspflichtigen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse verloren. In München...