@techreport{Resmini2002Specialization,
abstract = {This paper aims at exploring and analysing on a comparative basis the impact of the
East enlargement of the EU on border regions in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Romania
and Slovenia. In order to achieve the overall objective, the paper will first provide a
definition and identification of border regions in the candidate countries and, then, a
descriptive analysis of their relative position within each country and with respect to the
EU-15 average. Thirdly, it will develop an econometric model able to analyse the
determinants of regional specialization and growth in different type of regions (internal
vs border; western versus eastern border regions, etc.). The results will be used to
understand which are the winning and loosing regions in this process, in terms of
regional growth prospects. This classification will be used to evaluate the likely
distributional implications of enlargement for the accession countries under
considerations. The overall empirical results, though limited in some counts, may serve
as a reminder of border regions' challenges. They allow to identify present patterns and
trends, and represent a good baseline to make inference on what changes border
regions in candidate countries might expect the integration process to bring.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Laura Resmini},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {F15; R12; 330; economic integration; border regions; industry location; transition countries; Grenzgebiet; Regionale Arbeitsteilung; Industriestandort; Regionales Wachstum; EU-Erweiterung; Bulgarien},
language = {eng},
number = {B 17-2002},
publisher = {ZEI},
title = {Specialization and growth patterns in border regions of accession countries},
type = {ZEI working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/39527},
year = {2002}
}
