The very great diversity of the regional situations in Europe requires, if you wish to get a clear view of the present state and of the development of the regional disparities during the last years, the use of simple and synthetic indicators as the per capita GDP for the economic disparities and...

The discussion on regional disparity is essential for addressing politically sensitive policy issues in any federal polity. The research outcome of regional disparity analysis is, however, often ambiguous and is not robust to choice of strategies, namely β and σ convergence analysis. The...