Regional Growth and Regional Policy Within the Framework of European Integration

Proceedings of a Conference on the Occasion of 25 Years Institute for Regional Research at the University of Kiel 1995
Herausgegeben:Peschel, Karin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume contains the contributions from eight renowned referents on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Institute for Regional Research at the University of Kiel. The contributions characterize main fields of interest of the Institute's research.

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Produktdetails

• Contributions to Economics
• Verlag: Physica / Physica-Verlag / Physica-Verlag HD
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-7908-0957-2
• 1997
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9783790809572
• ISBN-10: 3790809578
• Artikelnr.: 26241358

Inhaltsangabe

Regional Science in Germany From the Beginnings to the Present .- 1 The Early Roots.- 2 The Quantum Leap to Regional Science.- 3 The Main Fields of Emphasis in German Regional Research.- 4 Regional Science at the Time of the IfR s Foundation.- 5 Regional Development with Changing Perspectives.- 6 Current Challenges to Regional Science.- 7 European Economic and Monetary Union.- 8 Deepening and Widening the EU.- 9 New Visions.- Economic Integration and the Space Economy: Lessons from New Theory.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Growth Theory.- 2.1 What is the Novelty of New Growth Theory?.- 2.2 New Growth Theory and Dynamic Integration Effects.- 3 Location Theory.- 3.1 Old Location Theory.- 3.2 New Location Theory.- 3.3 New Location Theory and Spatial Integration Effects.- 3.4 Regional Policy Lessons from New Location Theory.- 4 Final Remarks.- Testing Models, Describing Reality or Neither? Convergence and Divergence of Regional Growth Rates in Europe during the 1980s.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Convergence/Divergence Debate.- 3 Test or Measure?.- 4 The Present Approach.- 5 The Definition of Region.- 6 The Model.- 7 The Results.- 8 Discussion and Conclusions.- The Regional Economic Structure of the European Union: an Analysis of Long-Term Developments.- 1 Introduction, Summary and Conclusions.- 2 Simple Indicators.- 2.1 Employment Growth by Branch for the Whole of the EU.- 2.2 Regional Distribution of Branch Activity.- 2.3 Branch Structure of Regional Economies.- 3 Composite Indicators.- 3.1 Convergence or Divergence?.- 3.2 Regional Patterns.- 3.3 Branch Patterns.- 4 Ways of Improvement.- The Role of the Regions in the European Union The Future of the Committee of the Regions.- 1 Abstract.- 2 Introduction.- 3 Evolution of EU Regional Policy.- 4 Regional Policy of the European Union.- 5 Regional Policy or a Policy of the Regions.- 6 The Committee of the Regions.- 7 Other Forms of Regional Participation.- 8 The Future of the Committee of the Regions.- 9 The Future Role of the Regions.- Regional Policy and Federalism in the Process of International Integration.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Internationalisation Process of Firms.- 3 The Microeconomic Characteristics of a Network.- 4 Federalism and a New Market Oriented Regional Industrial Policy.- 4.1 The Aims and Instruments of a Modern Regional Industrial Policy.- 4.2 The Principle of Functional Subsidiarity and of Public-Private Cooperation.- 5 Federalism and the Network Paradigm.- 5.1 The Reasons for Decentralisation.- 5.2 An Organisational and Institutional Perspective to Federalism.- 5.3 The Limits of the Principle of Subsidiarity.- 5.4 Regional and National Identities and Interregional Solidarity.- 6 Conclusions.- Inequalities and Mobility in the Danish Welfare State.- 1 Summary.- 2 Small Differences.- 3 The Development.- 4 Localization and Commuting.- 5 Concentration of Trade and Industry.- 6 Regression Analysis of Geographic Patterns.- 7 Conclusion.- Considering Regional Effects of Transport Infrastructure Investments in Privately Financed Projects.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Public and Private Interest in the Transport Infrastructure.- 3 Need for Private Investment Capital.- 4 The Conventional Scheme of Planning Large Infrastructure Projects.- 5 Alternative Schemes for the Planning Process and for the Investment Appraisal.- 6 Assessment of Regional Effects.- 6.1 Infrastructure as a Production Factor.- 6.2 Evaluation of Regional Benefits of the Transport Infrastructure in the BVWP.- 6.3 Macroeconomic Approach to Estimate the Overall Effects of Infrastructure Investment.- 6.4 Critical Remarks.- 7 Project Appraisal and the Financing Scheme.- 8 Conclusion.- Institute for Regional Research Publications since 1993.