Valentina Meliciani

Regional Disparities in the Enlarged European Union

Geography, innovation and structural change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The last twenty years have seen an increase in European integration and the emergence of the technological revolution. Although tighter integration coupled with technological innovation should facilitate cross-regional convergence, some European regions have managed to jump ahead while others have been left behind. This book examines the regional characteristics that favour growth and analyses the relevance of innovation, socio-economic and structural factors in shaping regional economic disparities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415741712
• ISBN-10: 0415741718
• Artikelnr.: 43016774

Autorenporträt

Valentina Meliciani is Full Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Teramo, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Regional Income Disparities: Theories and Facts 3.
Classifying European regions on the basis of specialisation, knowledge and
socio-economic groups 4. The evolution of income disparities in the
enlarged EU and the role of specialization, knowledge and socio-economic
groups 5. The evolution of regional disparities in labour productivity and
employment rates in the EU: the role of specialization, knowledge and
socio-economic groups 6. A closer look at the evolution of regional
disparities in Central and Eastern Europe after the transition 7.
Conclusions