Regional Growth and National Development: Transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the Regional Kuznets Curve in the East and the West

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-161

  Monastiriotis, Vassilis ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; convergence; Regional growth; regional Kuznets curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899716431     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2014.891156     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Altomonte, C. & Resmini, L. (2002) Multinational enterprises as a catalyst for local industrial development: the case of Poland, Italian Journal of Regional Science, 1, 29-58.
2. Angeriz, A., McCombie, J. & Roberts, M. (2008) New estimates of returns to scale and spatial spillovers for EU regional manufacturing, International Regional Science Review, 31, 62-87. doi:10.1177/0160017607306750
3. Arbia, G., Le Gallo, J. & Piras, G. (2008) Does evidence on regional economic convergence depend on the estimation strategy? Outcomes from analysis of a set of NUTS2 EU regions, Spatial Economic Analysis, 3, 209-224. doi:10.1080/17421770801996664
4. Artelaris, P., Kallioras, D. & Petrakos, G. (2010) Regional inequalities and convergence clubs in the EU New Member States, Eastern Journal of European Studies, 1, 113-133.
5. Audretsch, D. & Keilbach, M. (2005) Entrepreneurship capital and regional growth, Annals of Regional Science, 39, 457-469. doi:10.1007/s00168-005-0246-9
6. Banerjee, B. & Jarmuzek, M. (2010) Economic growth and regional disparities in the Slovak Republic, Comparative Economic Studies, 52, 379-403. doi:10.1057/ces.2010.13
7. Barrios, S. & Strobl, E. (2006) The dynamics of regional inequalities, FEDEA Working Paper No2006-01, Foundation for the Study of Applied Economics, Spain.
8. Barro, R. J. & Sala-i-Martin, X. (1991) Convergence across states and regions, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, No1.
9. Bellini, E., Ottaviano, G., Pinelli, D. & Prarolo, G. (2009) Cultural diversity and economic performance: evidence from European regions, Working Paper No. 63, Fondazioni Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan.
10. Canova, F. (2004) Testing for convergence clubs in income per capita: a predictive density approach, International Economic Review, 45, 49-77. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00117.x
11. Castiglione, C. (2011) Verdoorn-Kaldor's law: an empirical analysis with time series data in the United States, Advances in Management and Applied Economics, 1, 135-151.
12. Cibulskiene, D. & Butkus, M. (2007) The influence of cumulative causation process on regional divergence in Lithuania during 1995-2003, Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, 27, 59-87. doi:10.1007/s10037-006-0011-2
13. Corrado, L., Martin, R. & Weeks, M. (2005) Identifying and interpreting regional convergence clusters across Europe, The Economic Journal, 115, C133-C160. doi:10.1111/j.0013-0133.2005.00984.x
14. Dall'Erba, S., Percoco, M. & Piras, G. (2008) The European regional growth process revisited, Spatial Economic Analysis, 3, 7-25. doi:10.1080/17421770701733399
15. Davidson, R. & MacKinnon, J. (1993) Estimation and Inference in Econometrics, New York, Oxford University Press.
16. Del Bo, C., Florio, M. & Manzi, G. (2010) Regional infrastructure and convergence: growth implications in a spatial framework, Transition Studies Review, 17, 475-493. doi:10.1007/s11300-010-0160-4
17. Duranton, G. & Puga, D. (2004) Micro-foundations of urban increasing returns: theory, in: J. V. Henderson & J.-F. Thisse (eds) Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vol. 4, pp. 2063-2117, Amsterdam, North Holland.
18. Ertur, C., Le Gallo, J. & Baumont, C. (2006) The European regional convergence process, 1980-1995: do spatial regimes and spatial dependence matter?, International Regional Science Review, 29, 3-34. doi:10.1177/0160017605279453
19. Ezcurra, R. & Pascual, P. (2007) Regional polarisation and national development in the European Union, Urban Studies, 44, 99-122. doi:10.1080/00420980601023877
20. Ezcurra, R., Pascual, P. & Rapún, M. (2007) The dynamics of regional disparities in Central and Eastern Europe during transition, European Planning Studies, 15, 1397-1421. doi:10.1080/09654310701550850
21. Ezcurra, R. & Rapun, M. (2006) Regional disparities and national development revisited: the case of Western Europe, European Urban and Regional Studies, 13, 355-369. doi:10.1177/0969776406068590
22. Fingleton, B. & López-Bazo, E. (2006) Empirical growth models with spatial effects, Papers in Regional Science, 85, 177-198. doi:10.1111/j.1435-5957.2006.00074.x
23. Fingleton, B. & McCombie, J. S. L. (1998) Increasing returns and economic growth: some evidence for manufacturing from the European Union regions, Oxford Economic Papers, 50, 89-105. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a028638
24. Fischer, M. & Stirböck, C. (2006) Pan-European regional income growth and club convergence: insights from a spatial econometric perspective, Annals of Regional Science, 40, 693-721. doi:10.1007/s00168-005-0042-6
25. Francois, J. & Rojas-Romagosa, H. (2008) Reassessing the relationship between inequality and development, CPB Discussion Paper No107, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
26. Gennaioli, N., La Porta, R., Lopez de Silanes, F. & Shleifer, A. (2013) Growth in regions, NBER Working Paper No18937, National Bureau of Economic Research.
27. Geppert, K. & Stephan, A. (2008) Regional disparities in the European Union: convergence and agglomeration, Papers in Regional Science, 87, 193-217. doi:10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00161.x
28. Harris, R. I. D. & Liu, A. (1999) Verdoorn's law and increasing returns to scale: country estimates based on the cointegration approach, Applied Economics Letters, 6, 29-33. doi:10.1080/135048599353834
29. Henderson, V., Shalizi, Z. & Venables, A. (2001) Geography and development, Journal of Economic Geography, 1, 81-105. doi:10.1093/jeg/1.1.81
30. Herz, B. & Vogel, L. (2003) Regional convergence in Central and Eastern Europe: evidence from a decade of transition, in: C. Hausen, M. Resinek, N. Schürmann & M. Stierle (eds) Determinants of Growth and Business Cycles: Theory, Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications, pp. 155-179, Berlin, Springer.
31. Iara, A. & Traistaru, I. (2003) Integration, regional specialization and growth differentials in EU accession countries: evidence from Hungary, in: C. Hausen (ed) Determinants of Growth and Business Cycles: Theory, Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications, pp. 181-202, Berlin, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Forschung.
32. Kaldor, N. (1970) The case of regional policies, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 17, 337-348. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9485.1970.tb00712.x
33. Kallioras, D. (2010) Regional inequalities in the New European Union member-states: is there a "Population Size" effect?, Discussion Paper No. 16, Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly.
34. Kallioras, D. & Petrakos, G. (2010) Industrial growth, economic integration and structural change: evidence from the EU new member-states regions, The Annals of Regional Science, 45, 667-680. doi:10.1007/s00168-009-0296-5
35. Krugman, P. (1991) Increasing returns and economic geography, Journal of Political Economy, 99, 484-499. doi:10.1086/261763
36. López-Bazo, E., Vayá, E. & Artís, M. (2004) Regional externalities and growth: evidence from European regions, Journal of Regional Science, 44, 43-73. doi:10.1111/j.1085-9489.2004.00327.x
37. Mamgain, V. (1999) Are the Kaldor-Verdoorn laws applicable in the newly industrializing countries? Review of Development Economics, 3, 295-309. doi:10.1111/1467-9361.00069
38. McCombie, J. & De Ridder, J. (1984) The Verdoorn law controversy: some new empirical evidence using US state data, Oxford Economic Papers, 36, 268-284.
39. Monastiriotis, V. (2013) Regional growth in Central and Eastern Europe: convergence, divergence and non-linear dynamics, ch.4, in: R. Crescenzi & M. Percoco (eds) Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance, pp. 77-93, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
40. Monastiriotis, V. & Petrakos, G. (2010) Twenty years of economic transition in the Balkans: transition failures and development challenges, Southeastern Europe, 34, 149-169. doi:10.1163/187633310X507493
41. Niebuhr, A. & Schlitte, F. (2009) EU enlargement and convergence: does market access matter? Eastern European Economics, 47, 28-56. doi:10.2753/EEE0012-8775470302
42. Ottaviano, G. I. P. & Puga, D. (1998) Agglomeration in the global economy: a survey of the 'New Economic Geography', The World Economy, 21, 707-731. doi:10.1111/1467-9701.00160
43. Paas, T., Kuusk, A., Schlitte, F. & Võrk, A. (2007) Econometric analysis of income convergence in selected EU countries and their NUTS3 level regions, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper No. 60, University of Tartu.
44. Petrakos, G. (1996) The regional dimension of transition in Eastern and Central European Countries: an assessment, Eastern European Economics, 34, 5-38.
45. Petrakos, G. & Economou, D. (2002) The spatial aspects of development in Southeastern Europe, Spatium, 8, 1-13. doi:10.2298/SPAT0208001P
46. Petrakos, G., Kallioras, D. & Anagnostou, A. (2011) Regional convergence and growth in Europe: understanding patterns and determinants, European Urban and Regional Studies, 18, 375-391. doi:10.1177/0969776411407809
47. Petrakos, G., Psycharis, Y. & Kallioras, D. (2005a) Regional inequalities in the EU new member-states: evolution and challenges, in: J. Bradley, G. Petrakos & I. Traistaru (eds) The Economics and Policy of Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union, pp. 45-64, New York, NY, Springer.
48. Petrakos, G., Rodríguez-Pose, A. & Rovolis, A. (2005b) Growth, integration, and regional disparities in the European Union, Environment and Planning A, 37, 1837-1855. doi:10.1068/a37348
49. Puga, D. (1999) The rise and fall of regional inequalities, European Economic Review, 43, 303-334. doi:10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00061-0
50. Resmini, L. (2003) Economic integration, industry location and frontiers economies in transition countries, Economic Systems, 27, 204-221. doi:10.1016/S0939-3625(03)00040-2
51. Resmini, L. (2007) Regional patterns of industry location in transition countries: does economic integration with the EU matter? Regional Studies, 41, 747-764. doi:10.1080/00343400701281741
52. Rey, S. & Janikas, M. (2005) Regional convergence, inequality, and space, Journal of Economic Geography, 5, 155-176. doi:10.1093/jnlecg/lbh044
53. Römisch, R. (2003) Regional disparities within accession countries, in: G. Tumpel-Gugerell & P. Mooslechner (eds) Economic Convergence and Divergence in Europe: Growth and Regional Development in an Enlarged Europe, pp. 183-208, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
54. Smetkowski, M. & Wójcik, P. (2012) Regional convergence in Central and Eastern European countries: a multidimensional approach, European Planning Studies, 20, 923-939. doi:10.1080/09654313.2012.673560
55. Tondl, G. (1997) The changing pattern of regional convergence in Europe, Robert Schuman Centre Discussion Paper No. 53, European University Institute.
56. Tondl, G. & Vuksic, G. (2003) What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? The role of foreign investment, human resources, and geography, ZEI Discussion Paper No. B12, Bonn Center for European Integration Studies.
57. Totev, S. (2008) Economic integration and structural change: the case of bulgarian regions, in: C. Krieger-Boden, E. Morgenroth & G. Petrakos (eds) The Impact of European Integration on Regional Structural Change and Cohesion, pp. 248-265, London, Routledge.
58. Traistaru, I., Nijkamp, P. & Resmini, L. (2003) The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries, London, Ashgate.
59. Williamson, J. (1965) Regional inequality and the process of national development a description of the patterns, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 13, 3-45. doi:10.1086/450136