European Integration, Regional            Policy, and Growth

Funck, Bernard G.; Pizzati, Lodovico

European Integration, Regional Policy, and Growth

Autores

Funck, Bernard G.

Pizzati, Lodovico

Editor

Washington, DC: World Bank

Descripción

The European Union (EU) stands out internationally as one of the regions of the world that has most explicitly and deliberately attempted to reduce regional disparities within its constituents. How effective this effort has been, and continues to be, is a matter of open debate. The current enlargement of the EU include to less affluent new members gives rise to a fresh set of questions: How can the cohesion objective best be advanced in a context were initial income will now be greater? Will the accession process cause the income of the poorer regions to converge toward EU standards, or will prevailing disparities be exacerbated? What if anything, can the new members do about this? What help can they expect from the EU structural funds, and how should the funds be applied to maximize the cohesion objective? To answer these questions the World Bank, the Bertelsmann Foundation, and the CIDOB Foundation brought together leading scholars, senior policy makers, as well as representatives from European Commission, at a conference in Barcelona in October 2002. This book presents the results of their discussions.

Palabras clave

ACCOUNTING, AGGREGATE DEMAND, AGING, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, ARBITRAGE, CAPITAL MARKETS, CLIMATE, COMPETITIVENESS, CORPORATE TAXES, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DISPOSABLE INCOME, DISTORTIONARY TAXES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMIC THEORIES, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPLOYMENT, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, FISCAL DEFICITS, FIXED PRICES, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH POTENTIAL, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH THEORY, HOUSING, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INTERMEDIATE GOODS, LABOR COSTS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW INCOME, MARGINAL PRODUCT, MOTIVATION, NATURAL ENDOWMENTS, OUTPUT PER CAPITA, PARTNERSHIP, PER CAPITA INCOME, PER CAPITA INCOMES, POLICY INSTRUMENTS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC POLICIES, PURCHASING POWER, REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS, RETURN ON INVESTMENT, SAVINGS, SIDE EFFECTS, SMALL BUSINESS, SOCIAL WELFARE, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, SUBSIDIARY, TAX RATES, TAXATION, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, TRANSPORT, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, WAGES, WORKERS REGIONAL POLICY, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EUROPEAN UNION, INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT, LABOR COSTS, PER CAPITA INCOME, COINTEGRATION, DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL DISPARITY, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNEMPLOYMENT