The impact of european integration and enlargement on regional structural change and cohesion

Objective

Achieving better economic and social cohesion is one of the European Union's priorities. The overall scientific objective of this project is to identify and explain in a cross-country analysis the impact of European integration and enlargement on regional structural change and cohesion. In particular, this project will provide empirical evidence about the relationship between industrial location, regional specialization and regional per capita income in the context of European integration and enlargement. On the basis of our empirical analysis we will predict the types of potential winning and losing regions in both the current EU Member States and accession countries. Our research results will help identify challenges and recommendations for regional policy at the European, national and local levels.

Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

• 1.4.1.-4. - Key action Socio-Economic Knowledge Base

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET BONN

Address

Walter-flex-strasse 3
53113 Bonn
Germany

Participants (6)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Ireland

Address

Burlington Road 4
Dublin

INSTITUTE FOR WORLD ECONOMICS - HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Hungary

Address

Orszaghaz U. 30
1014 Budapest

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Bulgaria

Address

Noemvri St. 1
1040 Sofia

INSTITUTE OF WORLD ECONOMICS

Germany

Address

Duesternbrooker Weg 120
24105 Kiel

PANEPISTIMIO THESSALIAS*UNIVERSITYOF THESSALY

Greece

Address

Pedio Areos
38334 Volos

UNIVERSITÀ COMMERCIALE 'LUIGI BOCCONI'

Italy

Address

Via Gobbi 5
20136 Milano