Arbeitspapier
Spatial Effects of European Integration: Do Border Regions Benefit Above Average?
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 at providing some evidence on spatial effects of integration released by declining border impediments and changing market potentials. The analysis departs from a threeregion economic geography model. We focus on the impact of integration on European border regions and the question 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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: HWWA Discussion Paper ; No. 307
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Economic Integration
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
market access
European integration
border regions
Europäische Integration
Marktintegration
Grenzgebiet
Neue ökonomische Geographie
EU-Staaten
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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12.07.2024, 13:23 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Niebuhr, Annekatrin
- Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
Entstanden
- 2004