. -- New Economic Geography ; Concentration ; Specialization ; European Integration ; Cointegration …' Specialization Patterns in the European Union, to explain the driving forces behind and to find out dynamic tendencies. We extend … methods in order to explain Localization and Specialization. Explanatory variables are derived from Traditional Trade Theory …

' Specialization Patterns in the European Union, to explain the driving forces behind and to find out dynamic tendencies. We extend … methods in order to explain Localization and Specialization. Explanatory variables are derived from Traditional Trade Theory … Industrial Concentration but only a slight increase in Countries' Specialization in the EU evident over time. Especially, low …

industrial specialization of European regions, thereby potentially affecting the extent of disparities between countries and … regions. This paper reviews several theoretical approaches relevant for explaining regional specialization in the process of …