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Structural Heterogeneity Between EU 15 and 12 New EU Members – the Obstacle to Lisbon Strategy Implementation?

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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Title Structural Heterogeneity Between EU 15 and 12 New EU Members – the Obstacle to Lisbon Strategy Implementation?
 
Creator Olczyk, Magdalena; Gdansk University of Technology
 
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Lisbon targets; European Union; multivariate analysis; structural indicators
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Description The aim of this article is to identify diversity between the EU-15 and the New Members in their implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in the period 2000-2010. By analyzing a set of structural indicators, we aim to fill a gap in the literature: the lack of publications providing complex evaluation of the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy using measurable indicators. Given their suitability for international comparisons, we use two taxonomic methods: Ward’s cluster analysis and the synthetic variable method proposed by Hellwig.The results of our analyses confirm the hypothesis of a large gap between the EU-15 countries and the 12 New Members in the key areas of the Lisbon Strategy. According to rankings given by our taxonomic analyses, a high level of the indicators selected is confirmed only for the EU-15 countries and only three New Members belong to a group presenting the average level of these indicators. This study demonstrates a need for a significant intensification of the EU cohesion policy, which is one of the main tools for achieving the Lisbon Strategy goals.
 
Publisher Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
 
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Date 2015-02-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/EQUIL/article/view/EQUIL.2014.023
10.12775/EQUIL.2014.023
 
Source Equilibrium; Vol 9, No 4 (2014); 21-43
Equilibrium; Vol 9, No 4 (2014); 21-43
Equilibrium. Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy; Vol 9, No 4 (2014); 21-43
2353-3293
1689-765X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/EQUIL/article/view/EQUIL.2014.023/5042
 
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