Regional policy : a European approach /

Regional policy : a European approach /

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Author / Creator:Vanhove, N. (Norbert), 1935-
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Aldershot ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, 1999.
Description:xx, 639 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Regional economics.
Regionalism -- European Economic Community countries.
Urban economics.
Regional planning -- European Economic Community countries.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Regional economics.
Regional planning.
Regionalism.
Europe -- European Economic Community countries.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4183105
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ISBN:1840149949
Notes:Previous ed.: Aldershot: Avebury, 1987.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-631) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • In acknowledgement of Prof. Dr. L.H. Klaassen
  • Proem
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Maps and Graphs
  • 1.. The Background to and Motivation for a Regional Economic Policy at a National Level
  • Introduction
  • Causes of regional disequilibrium
  • Backwash and spread effects
  • Regional growth models
  • International trade theory applied to regions
  • Economic motives for regional economic policy
  • The environmental argument for regional economic policy
  • The social motives for regional economic policy
  • The political issues
  • Regional policy and economic recession
  • The regional multiplier
  • Compatibility between regional economic policy and general economic policy at the national and European Union levels
  • Defining regional economic policy
  • 2.. Regional Disparitles in the European Union
  • Introduction
  • The geographical distribution of the population
  • Activity rates
  • Employment
  • Unemployment
  • Regional labour market balances
  • Income disparities
  • The example of the United States
  • Measurement of regional disparities and the evolution of income disparities in the countries of the EU
  • Regional disparities, economic structure and shift-share analysis
  • Types of problem regions in the EU
  • 3.. Region: a Relative Notion
  • Definition of an economic region
  • Regional prototypes
  • The interaction principle
  • Some further considerations
  • 4.. Micro and Macro-Aspects of the Location of Firms
  • Introduction
  • Weber, the father of location theory
  • A macro-economic approach. The gravitation and potentiality models
  • Transportation costs and distance costs (frais de communication)
  • Industrial location and economic potential in Western Europe
  • The importance of location factors
  • Innovative activities and location
  • Theories on the spatial distribution of economic activities
  • Models of spatial organisation
  • Growth pole theory
  • The growth pole concept and regional economic policy
  • The attraction model
  • The Porter model and the regions
  • 5.. European Urban Developments and Urban Planning
  • Introduction
  • A general presentation of the stages of urban development
  • Urban development in the EU
  • Considerations regarding city size
  • The advantages of urban concentration
  • The disadvantages of urban concentration
  • Urban concentration and individual preferences
  • Urban concentration and living costs
  • Urban concentration and the quality of urban life
  • Urban policies
  • 6.. The Impact of Integration on the Regions
  • Introduction
  • The fear of repercussions
  • The spatial impact of a customs union: the Giersch model
  • The possible evolution of regional disparities in the case of a customs union
  • The frontier regions
  • Rigidities within countries that do not exist between them
  • The impact of a monetary union
  • The impact of a monetary union: the 1970s
  • The common policies: the 1970s
  • The impact of economic and monetary union: 1988-98
  • A final consideration
  • 7.. Objectives and Strategies of Regional Economic Policy
  • The objectives of regional economic policy
  • Criteria for the selection of regions to be assisted
  • The strategy of regional development
  • The dimensions of a strategy for a region
  • Final considerations
  • 8.. Instruments and Evaluation of Regional Economic Policy in Eu Countries
  • Introduction
  • Mobility policy, migration policy and regional policy
  • Categories of instruments
  • The advantages and disadvantages of some regional instruments
  • Macro-economic evaluation methods of regional economic policy instruments
  • Micro-economic evaluation or a survey approach
  • 9.. Regional Economic Policy at the European Union Level
  • The legal framework
  • The shaping of regional economic policy at the EU level
  • The motives for regional economic policy at the EU level
  • Compensational, redistributive and/or endogenous growth approaches
  • The objectives of regional policy at the EU level
  • Regional development strategy
  • The European Union instruments of regional policy
  • Final remark
  • 10.. The Structural Funds 1989-99
  • Introduction
  • The ERDF before the reform of the Structural Funds
  • The background to the reform of the Structural Funds
  • National initiatives and allocation of resources
  • Community initiatives and allocation of resources
  • The impact of structural policies on investment, growth and employment
  • 11.. 2000 and Beyond
  • Introduction
  • Continuity in striving for cohesion
  • Ten remarks on the general provisions of the Structural Funds
  • The coordination of regional aid after 1 January 2000
  • Community regional policy should consider congested regions
  • The problems in stagnant or declining large cities
  • How to cope with the conurbation problems and the conurbation-backward regions dichotomy
  • EMU and regional income transfers
  • Analytical elements of a regional economic policy at the Community level
  • The enlargement or widening of EU
  • Final consideration
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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