The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries
By: Peter Nijkamp
Contributors: Traistaru, Iulia
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781315199597
Subjects: Industrial location; Economic conditions; Economic integration; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Industries; General; Economic history; International economic integration
Description: "This title was first published in 2003. Since 1990, Central and Eastern European countries have experienced increased economic integration with the European Union. The spatial implications of this process have been little investigated so far. Have patterns of regional specialization and industrial concentration changed during the 1990s? How does regional specialization relate to economic performance? How has access to Western markets affected the regional wage structure? What types of regions are winners and what types of regions are losers? This book poses and answers such policy relevant questions. It is organized into three parts. The first introduces the main features of economic integration and transition processes in Central and Eastern Europe and discusses the theoretical and methodological framework of the research. The second part examines the cases of five countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia, and the final part includes three comparative analyses which explain the underlying factors that determine the changing patterns of location of manufacturing activity, the adjustment pattern of regional wages and adaptation processes in border regions in the five countries."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part PART I: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; title: chapter 1 Spatial Implications of Economic Integration in EU Accession Countries; title: chapter 2 European Integration, Regional Specialization and Location of Industrial Activity: a Survey of Theoretical and Empirical Literature; title: chapter 3 Data and Measurement; title: part PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES; title: chapter 4 The Emerging Economic Geography in Bulgaria; title: chapter 5 The Emerging Economic Geography in Estonia; title: chapter 6 The Emerging Economic Geography in Hungary; title: chapter 7 The Emerging Economic Geography in Romania; title: chapter 8 The Emerging Economic Geography in Slovenia; title: part PART III: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND LESSONS; title: chapter 9 Specialization of Regions and Concentration of Industries in EU Accession Countries; title: chapter 10 The Impact of European Integration on the Adjustment Pattern of Regional Wages in Accession Countries; title: chapter 11 The Implications of European Integration and Adjustment for Border Regions in Accession Countries; title: chapter 12 The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries: Concluding Remarks and Policy Implications.