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Regional Convergence in the European Union

Facts, Prospects and Policies

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Editors:
  1. Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

    1. Department of Applied Economy, University of Alcalá — Madrid, Alcalá de Henares — Madrid, Spain
      University of Alcalá, Spain

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  2. Martí Parellada

    1. Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Spanish Economy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  • Original and special focus on the effects of the EMU on disparities and convergence in the EU
  • Theoretical and empirical approach
  • Innovative contribution to one of the most and most controversially discussed field in Europe
  • Up-to-date figures and tables according to the European data bases on regional economies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Regional Disparities and Regional Convergence Problems in the EMU: Introduction

    1. Regional Disparities and Regional Convergence Problems in the EMU: Introduction

      • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Marti Parellada
      Pages 1-20

  3. Regional Convergence, the EMU and Enlargement Effects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Regional Dynamics in the European Union: Winners and Losers

      • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Tomás Mancha-Navarro, Rubén Garrido-Yserte
      Pages 23-52

    3. Regional Specialisation and Concentration in the EU

      • Martin Hallet
      Pages 53-76

    4. EMU and the Industrial Specialisation of European Regions

      • Christiane Krieger-Boden
      Pages 77-94

    5. Regional Asymmetric Reactions to Shocks in EMU: an Assessment of Different Approaches

      • Fabio Mazzola, Gioacchino Fazio, Iolanda Lo Cascio
      Pages 95-120

    6. The Territorial Redistributive Power of the EU Budget: Empirical Evidence at National and Regional Level

      • Marta Espasa
      Pages 121-145

    7. Regional Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union: an Analysis of Interregional Specialization and Integration

      • Andreas P. Cornett
      Pages 147-163

    8. Real Competitive Advantages in the Single Currency Europe

      • P. Guerrieri, S. Rossi
      Pages 165-181

  4. Regional Disparities: Trends, Prospects and the Role of Regional Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. National and Spatial Factors in EU Regional Convergence

      • Marinella Terrasi
      Pages 185-209

    3. The Spatial Economic Impact of Euroland and the Implications for Policy

      • Paul Cheshire, Stefano Magrini
      Pages 211-229

    4. European Union Regional Policy: Reconciling the Convergence and Evaluation Evidence

      • Harvey W. Armstrong
      Pages 231-272

    5. Technological Diffusion, Spatial Spillovers and Regional Convergence in Europe

      • Raffaele Paci, Francesco Pigliaru
      Pages 273-292

    6. Will the New EU Regional Policy Meet the Challenges of Enlargement?

      • Gabriele Tondl
      Pages 293-317

    7. The EMU and the Regional Policy Agenda: a General Exploration

      • Carl Devos
      Pages 319-337

    8. EMU and Regional Labor Market Disparities in Euroland

      • D. Dohse, C. Krieger-Boden, R. Soltwedel
      Pages 339-352

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 353-368
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About this book

The introduction of the single currency in the European economic space constitutes without doubt the most visible step towards monetary and economic integration in the EU. Those who boosted the birth of the Common Market in 1957 dreamt that this would one day come about as a logical consequence of the integration process. However, things have gone much more slowly than possibly imagined, although if taken in an adequate historic perspective, it is undeniable that the agreements that have led to European Monetary Union signify a really formidable jump in the process of political and economic integration in Europe. This is something many doubted would ever happen, but which is already a reality, although still in need of a period of consolidation. The most general economic consequences of the EMU have already been analysed in considerable depth. Proof of this is the literature already available. In general, there is coincidence in affirming that the balance of the results expected is clearly positive. Firstly, as a result of the anticipated gains in efficiency, a consequence of reduction of transaction costs associated to the previous existence of different currencies and of the elimination of exchange rate uncertainties.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Applied Economy, University of Alcalá — Madrid, Alcalá de Henares — Madrid, Spain

    Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

  • University of Alcalá, Spain

    Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

  • Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Spanish Economy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Martí Parellada

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Regional Convergence in the European Union

  • Book Subtitle: Facts, Prospects and Policies

  • Editors: Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Martí Parellada

  • Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04788-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43242-5Published: 10 April 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07750-0Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04788-0Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9602

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 368

  • Topics: European Integration, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Regional/Spatial Science

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