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Enlargement and the EU Periphery: The Impact of Changing Market Potential

Crozet, Matthieu; Brülhart, Marius; Koenig, Pamina - 2004

We study the impact of changing relative market access in an enlarged EU on the economies of incumbent Objective 1 regions. First, we track the impact of external opening on internal spatial configurations in a three-region economic geography model. External opening gives rise to potentially...

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The Impact of EU Enlargement on European Border Regions

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2005

EU enlargement is supposed to entail profound impact on the location of economic activities in Europe. Although there is concern about the implications of enlargement for regional disparities in the EU, corresponding empirical results are still rare. The objective of this analysis is to provide...

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Austrian border regions and eastern integration: A low competitiveness - high growth paradoxon

Mayerhofer, Peter - 2002

Many regions on the EU Eastern borders have developed favourably after the opening up of the border and the implementation of association agreements with the CEECs. This was often seen as a positive sign for the further perspectives of these regions after EU enlargement. In this paper we take a...

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A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Specialisation Patterns Across EU Regions

Stirböck, Claudia - 2004

This paper conducts a spatial econometric analysis of the determinants of regional specialisation patterns. Spatial autocorrelation is present, but is mostly due to spatial error autocorrelation. Spatial interaction due to economic interdependencies is only evident for some few labour-intensive...

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What Determines Relative Sectoral Investment Patterns in EU Regions?

Stirböck, Claudia - 2002

This study analyses relative sectoral investment patterns in EU regions. In an exploratory spatial data analysis, spatial clusters of high relative investments can be identified for some sectors. In the econometric analysis, we control for heteroscedasticity and potential endogeneity and find...

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The positive border effect of EU integration

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Marrewijk, Charles; … - 2011

Distance related variables typically vary in a cross-section dimension but less so in a time dimension across cities, regions, or countries. The enlargement of the EU or the introduction of the euro, however, can be looked upon as integration shocks that are informative of the consequences of...

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Where do MNEs expand production: Location choices of the pharmaceutical industry in Europe after 1992

Ruane, Frances P.; Zhang, Xiaheng - 2007

Differences in regulations, technical standards and national medical cultures across EU member states created a highly segmented pharmaceutical market in Europe prior to the implementation of the Single Market Programme. The subsequent reduction in non-tariff barriers to trade would be expected...

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The Empirical Relevance of the New Economic Geography: Testing for a Spatial Wage Structure in Germany

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2000

-unification Germany. We find support for a spatial wage structure for German city-district wages, and hence indirectly for the relevance … of a new economic geography model for Germany. We also find that demand linkages in Germany are strongly localised and … that the "old" border still matters to the extent that economic interactions between western and eastern Germany are still …

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Concentration and Specialisation Trends in Germany since Reunification

Suedekum, Jens - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2004

In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between … 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we …. By and large and with some exceptions, this conclusion holds both for West Germany and Germany as a whole, as well as for …

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The Empirical Relevance of the New Economic Geography: Testing for a Spatial Wage Structure in Germany

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - CESifo - 2000

-unification Germany. We find support for a spatial wage structure for German city-district wages, and hence indirectly for the relevance … of a new economic geography model for Germany. We also find that demand linkages in Germany are strongly localised and … that the “old” border still matters to the extent that economic interactions between western and eastern Germany are still …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196275