Regional Convergence in the European Union

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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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.

• EMU
• EU
• EU budget
• Economic Convergence
• European Economy
• European Monetary Union
• European Regional Policy
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• Import
• Regional Disparities
• Sectorial Developments
• economic integration
• monetary union
• regional policy

• 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

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