Regional Growth and Regional Policy Within the Framework of European Integration

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 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.
• 3 Location Theory.
• 4 Final Remarks.
• Testing Models, Describing Reality or Neither? Convergence and Divergence of Regional Growth Rates in Europe during the 1980s.
• 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.
• 3 Composite Indicators.
• 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.
• 2 The Internationalisation Process of Firms.
• 3 The Microeconomic Characteristics of a Network.
• 4 Federalism and a New “Market Oriented” Regional Industrial Policy.
• 5 Federalismand the Network Paradigm.
• 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.
• 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.
• 7 Project Appraisal and the Financing Scheme.
• 8 Conclusion.
• Institute for Regional Research Publications since 1993.