Integration and Transition in Europe: The

This important volume analyzes the spatial implications of the on-going integration-transition process, and examines key issues such as north-south and east-west divides, regional cooperation and cross-border dynamics.

List of figures

vii

List of maps

x

List of tables

xi

List of contributors

xiv

Preface

xv

List of abbreviations

xvii

The new economic geography of Europe: an introduction

1

(37)

George Petrakos

Gunther Maier

Grzegorz Gorzelak

The new European economic landscape

2

(15)

Developments and challenges in the new European economic space

17

(21)

The spatial impact of East-West integration in Europe

38

(31)

George Petrakos

The forces at work

38

(4)

The spatial characteristics of EU integration

42

(2)

The spatial characteristics of transition

44

(4)

The macro-geographical impact of East-West interaction

48

(11)

Policy considerations

59

(10)

Regional disparities in the EU through the lens of official statistics

69

(31)

Michael Dunford

The measurement of regional inequality

69

(4)

The map of inequality

73

(3)

Measured inequality and territorial disaggregation

76

(4)

Components of territorial disparities

80

(4)

The role of sectoral structures

84

(2)

Indicators of disparities and trends in inequality

86

(5)

A disaggregation of trends in output per capita

91

(9)

Urban change in an integrating Europe

100

(31)

Paul Cheshire

F.E. Ian Hamilton

Some preliminaries

103

(12)

Convergence and divergence in urban economies

115

(6)

The implications of integration and adjustment for CEE cities

121

(10)

The dilemmas of regional policy in the transition countries and the territorial organisation of the state

131

(19)

Grzegorz Gorzelak

The regional patterns of East-Central European transformation

135

(4)

Regional policies during transformation of East-Central Europe

139

(3)

The decentralised or centralised state?

142

(3)

European integration and the Central European transformation

145

(5)

Regional labour market differentials during transition in Hungary

150

(20)

Karoly Fazekas

Major characteristics of regional unemployment rate differences in Hungary

150

(7)

Typology of the Hungarian local labour markets according to determinants of regional unemployment rate differentials

157

(13)

The new regional structure in Hungary

170

(17)

Jozsef Nemes-Nagy

Macroregional Pattern of development

171

(6)

Microregional inequalities: `Winners' and `losers'

177

(3)

Assessing the influence of geographic location by means of the potential model

180

(3)

The future of regional development

183

(4)

Employment problems and regional differences in Central and Eastern Europe: the need for local development initiatives

187

(13)

Maarten Keune

GDP and employment in the 1989-97 period

187

(3)

Regional differences and their causes

190

(3)

Promoting local development

193

(7)

The significance of EU integration for transition countries

200

(17)

Daniel Piazolo

The credibility problems of policy reforms in transition countries

201

(3)

The significance of EU membership for enhancing the credibility of reforms in transition countries

204

(2)

The significance of EU integration: quantifying the effects of EU institutions

206

(11)

The Iron Curtain in the mind: a comparison of mental maps of business students in Vienna and Bratislava

217

(17)

Gunther Maier

Thomas Rosenmayr

Mental maps

218

(2)

Research design

220

(2)

Empirical results

222

(12)

Scope and structure of Austria's foreign direct investment in Eastern Europe

234

(23)

Wilfried Altzinger

Review of the literature

236

(4)

Sectoral pattern of Austria's FDI in CEECs

240

(8)

Motives for Austria's FDI in the CEECs

248

(2)

Sales and trade patterns of Austrian affiliates

250

(7)

Export competition between Central and Eastern European countries in the EU market

257

(12)

Dimitris Kyrkilis

Evangelos Nikolaidis

Methodology and data

258

(2)

Empirical results

260

(9)

Greece and the Balkans: the challenge of integration

269

(26)

George Petrakos

Nikos Christodoulakis

The pre-1989 conditions in Greece and the other Balkan countries

270

(2)

The post-1989 conditions in the Balkans

272

(17)

Policy implications and conclusion

289

(6)

Index

295

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Integration and Transition in Europe: The Economic Geography of Interaction

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