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Spatial Effects of European Integration: Do Border Regions Benefit Above Average? (Symposium Article)

The Review of Regional Studies

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Title Spatial Effects of European Integration: Do Border Regions Benefit Above Average? (Symposium Article)
 
Creator Niebuhr, Annekatrin
 
Description A basic result of new economic geography (NEG) models is that the proximity to consumer markets impacts wages and employment within regions. The ongoing process of European integration, being targeted on the reduction of barriers to trade and factor mobility, has presumably changed relative market access in Europe. The present paper aims to provide some evidence on spatial effects of integration caused by declining border impediments and changing market potentials. The analysis is based on a three-region economic geography model. We focus on the impact of integration on European internal border regions and the question of whether they realise above average integration benefits. The empirical analysis concerns integration effects in the EU15 regions arising from a reduction of non-tariff and other barriers since the mid 1970s.
 
Publisher Southern Regional Science Association
 
Date 2006-12-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/125
 
Source The Review of Regional Studies; Vol 36, No 3: Symposium on New Economic Geography; 254-278
0048-749X
1553-0892
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/125/75