Title: Convergence After Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe
Abstract: The European cohesion problem: Income disparities in the European Union The social dimension of cohesion: Unemployment disparities, and their linkage with income disparities Major theories in the explanation of regional disparities - An overview.- The neo-classical model of growth, and regional convergence: The neo-classical model of growth as the cornerstone of the convergence hypothesis Convergence: The theoretical concept On the methodologies of empirical convergence analysis Convergence studies for EU regions - A literature review Policy implications.- The changing pattern of regional convergence in Europe. Empirical evidence from a cross-section and a panel data analysis: Introduction The econometric methods applied in this study to test for convergence The data Results: Regional convergence and non-convergence in Western Europe during the past 40 years Conclusions.- Further economic theories in the convergence - Divergence debate: The possibility of regional divergence in models of endogenous growth The contribution of the new economic geography in the convergence - divergence debate Conclusions.- Investment and growth: The role of investment in models of economic growth How investment promoting policies affect growth Conclusions and policy implications.- Public capital and growth: Introduction Public capital in models of economic growth Empirical evidence of the growth impact of public capital.- Technological change, knowledge creation, and growth: Technological change and economic growth Education: The production of human capital as a source of endogenous growth Empirics of innovation, human capital formation and growth in EU regions.- Other determinants of growth: Introduction Other economic determinants of growth Social factors and growth.- What determined the uneven growth of Europe's southern regions? An empirical study with panel data: Introduction The data set Empirical developments in the Southern regions and Ireland Estimation of the determinants of income and growth in a panel data model Results, Conclusions.-
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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