EIB Papers Volume 05. n°2/2000

Regional convergence in Europe: Theory and empirical evidence

• Preface by Ewald Nowotny, Vice-President
• Editors' Introduction
• A survey of socio-economic disparities between the regions of the EU ( Daniel Moucque)
• Convergence across countries and regions: Theory and empirics (Angel de la Fuente)
• Agglomeration and regional imbalance: Why? And is it bad? (Jacques-François Thisse)
• The role of public policy in the process of regional convergence (Philippe Martin)
• How productive are capital investments in Europe? (Patrick Vanhoudt, Thomas Mathä and Bert Smid)

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