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Tables of Contents for Spatial Dynamics of European Integration
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Preface
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Spatial Dynamics of European Economic Integration: Prologue
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354
Manfred M. Fischer
Peter Nijkamp
PART A: European Monetary Unification and Implications
Winners and Losers in the European Monetary Union: A Neural Network Analysis of Industrial Spatial Shifts
Peter Nijkamp
Shunli Wang
Prologue
13
3
Pareto Optimality in an Optimum Currency Area
16
3
The Regional-Industrial Dimension of Monetary Integration
19
3
Framework of the Analysis
22
3
Empirical Analysis
25
7
Concluding Remarks
32
3
References
33
2
Costs of European Monetary Union: Evidence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Effectiveness
Helene Schuberth
Gert D. Wehinger
Introduction
35
2
The Structural Model
37
3
Empirical Results
40
5
Conclusions
45
18
Appendix A: Structural Vector Autoregression
47
3
Appendix B: Figures and Tables
50
10
Endnotes
60
1
References
61
2
Specialisation in Europe and Asymmetric Shocks: Potential Risks of EMU
Raul Ramos
Miquel Clar
Jordi Surinach
Introduction
63
4
The Analysis of Output Correlations
67
5
The Relevance of Sectoral (Supply) and National (Demand) Shocks
72
3
Supply and Demand Shocks: The Bayoumi and Eichengreen Model (1992, 1996)
75
5
The Instability of Economic Relationships: Changing Asymmetries
80
9
Conclusions
89
5
Appendix: Productive Structure of European Countries
90
1
References
91
3
The Regional Impact of the Single Currency
Martin Hallet
Introduction
94
1
The Static Integration Effects of the Euro on the Regions
95
3
The Dynamic Integration Effects of the Euro on the Regions
98
6
Conclusions
104
6
Appendix: Methodology Applied for the Calculation of Regional Exchange Cost Savings from the Single Currency
105
2
Endnotes
107
1
References
108
2
Trade and Investments in the EMU Regions
Dino Martellato
Introduction
110
3
Regional Trade Balance and Investment
113
2
Trade Balance and Capital Mobility in the Long Run
115
3
Real Exchange Rates and Sustainable Debt
118
2
W-P Rigidities, Profit Margins and the Fitoussi Oxymoron
120
4
Summary
124
5
Endnotes
126
1
References
127
2
Convergence of European Financial Systems: Banks or Equity Markets?
Victor Murinde
Juda Agung
Andy Mullineux
Introduction
129
3
Modelling Convergence of Banking Systems and Equity Markets
132
3
Empirical Results
135
4
Concluding Remarks
139
6
Endnotes
140
1
References
141
4
PART B: Economic Integration, Cohesion and Regional Policy
The Dynamics of Economic Integration and Cohesion in the EU: Experiences from the Past and Challenges for the Future
Willem Molle
Introduction
145
1
Foundations of the EU System
146
4
Elaboration of the EU System: Learning from the Experience of the Past
150
6
Recasting the EU System for Coping with the Challenges of the Future
156
7
Endnotes
160
1
References
161
2
The Control of Regional State Aid under EU Competition Policy and Its Effects on Economic and Social Cohesion
Carmen Benavides
Margarita Arguelles
Introduction
163
1
The Main Characteristics of the Regional Incentives Programmes in Europe
164
3
The EU Competition Policy and Regional Aid: Prospectives for the Year 2000
167
4
The Role of Regional Aid in Social and Economic Cohesion in the EU
171
5
Conclusions
176
3
Endnotes
177
1
References
177
2
On-Going European Integration and the Position of the Regions: An Analysis of the Process and Some Possible Future Scenarios
Hendrik Vos
Introduction
179
1
The Evolution of the Regions so Far
180
3
The Challenges for the Union and the Consequences for the Regions
183
6
The Institutional Setting: Towards a Europe of the Regions?
189
4
Conclusions
193
4
Endnotes
194
1
References
194
3
Convergence, Dualism and Regional Disparities: The Italian Case
Stefano Casini Benvenuti
Alessandro Cavalieri
Renato Paniccia
Introduction
197
1
Regional Inequality in Italy: The Main Features
198
2
The Neo-Classical Convergence Equation and the Italian Case
200
2
Some Statistical Evidence
202
4
Conclusions
206
3
Endnote
207
1
References
207
2
Capital and Labour Productivity Convergence of Manufacturing Industry in the Regions of Greece
Konstantinos A. Melachroinos
Nigel Spence
Introduction
209
1
Spatially Uneven Industrial Growth and Productivity
210
4
Measuring Productivity Growth
214
2
Manufacturing Productivity Convergence in Greek Regions
216
10
Towards an Explanation of the Convergence Trends
226
6
Conclusions
232
4
References
233
3
Prospects of the Finnish Regional Development under EMU and Deepening Integration
Marko Ovaskainen
Introduction
236
1
The Concept of EMU-Sensitivity
237
2
Regional EMU-Sensitivity in Finland
239
10
Conclusions
249
6
Endnotes
250
1
References
250
5
PART C: Community Enlargement Towards Central and Eastern Europe: Problems and Prospects
The Problem of Transition and Reintegration of East and Central Europe: Conceptual Remarks and Empirical Problems
Andreas P. Cornett
Introduction
255
1
The Concept of Regional Integration
256
9
Towards Trans-European Integration?
265
2
The Process of Reintegration
267
8
Concluding Remarks
275
5
Endnotes
277
1
References
278
2
The Central and Eastern European Union Enlargement and the EMU: Nominal Convergence and the Optimum Currency Areas Approach
Joan Costa Font
Joan Batalla Bejerano
Introduction
280
2
Orientation Towards the EU
282
7
The Nominal Convergence Process and Transition Strategies: The Maastricht Criteria for CEECs
289
5
The CEECs and the Optimum Currency Areas Approach
294
4
Conclusions
298
2
References
299
1
The Dutch Golden Age and the Rise of Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: A Neo-Institutional Comparative Analysis
Piet de Vries
Raymond J.G.M. Florax
Introduction
300
2
Neo-Institutionalism: Institutions and Economic Growth
302
3
Generic Features of the Modern Capitalist Economy
305
2
The Interplay Between Institutions and Economic Growth
307
9
Conclusions
316
3
References
317
2
Economic Impacts of the EU Enlargement on Austrian Regions
Peter Mayerhofer
Gerhard R.M. Palme
The Challenge: Overcoming the `Economic Fault Line' in Europe
319
1
Strengthening the Hinterland: A Macro-Economic Advantage of Eastern Enlargement Available to Austria and Its Regions
320
8
Effects on Regional Manufacturing
328
6
The Challenge of a Change in the Trade in Services Regime
334
9
Effects on Regional Labour Markets
343
3
Conclusions for Regional Economies
346
9
References
352
3
Subject Index
355
4
Author Index
359
6
List of Contributors
365