Territorial disparities in Europe

Intereconomics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-164

  Niebuhr, Annekatrin ^a   Stiller, Silvia ^a  

^a Hamburgisches Welt Wirtschafts Archiv   (Germany)

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EID: 17444407223     PISSN: 00205346     EISSN: 1613964X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03031767     Document Type: Article

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16. The regions Smaaland med oerna, Vaestsverige (Sweden), Inner London, Outer London, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (UK) are not considered in this part of the analysis because of missing data.
17. The growth gap of these regions is smaller for GDP per capita than for total GDP. This difference in growth performance is due to the low population growth of rural regions without a centre. With regard to per capita income a modest development of population has ceteris paribus a positive impact.
18. The analysis by Straubhaar et aL is one of the rare exceptions in this context. SeeT. Straubhaar, M. Suhrcke, D. Urban: Divergence-Is it Geography?, HWWA Discussion Paper No. 181, Hamburg 2002.
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