A new good quality standardized data set for cross-national comparisons of income inequality covering 147 countries has been constructed. The Bayesian model averaging and multiple imputation approach have been used to identify robust correlates from a larger pool of potential predictors of...

The goal of this discussion paper is to examine the relevance of selected influential theoretical and conceptual approaches to regional competitiveness for specific geographical and institutional contexts of Central European (CE) regions. We argue that strategic documents and policies (both...

This paper examines regional convergence in living standards among 264 EU27 regions during1992-2006. The main contribution is the exploratory analysis, which inspects various aspects of regional dynamics such as convergence and divergence, polarization, the role of inter-national component,...