Regionen stehen unvermeidlich miteinander direkt oder indirekt in Konkurrenz. In erster Linie konkurrieren die Regionen um die Attrahierung von Kapital, um dem mobileren Teil der Einwohnerschaft eine attraktive Beschäftigung mit einem zufriedenstellenden Wohlstandsniveau anzubieten. Die großen...

The objective of current article is to assess EU regional economic development imbalance and its change, by implementing an indicator system of regional development disparities. The quantitative measurement problems of regional development imbalance have not received sufficient attention. Barro...

Estonian municipalities should perform a broad range of functions, while their fiscal resources are often limited and large disparities in fiscal capacity prevail among them. Moreover, the power to regulate fiscal affairs is mostly in the hands of the central government. We discuss how a strict...