EU Enlargement and Convergence

Niebuhr, Annekatrin; Schlitte, Friso

doi:10.2753/eee0012-8775470302

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“…At the Member State level, the convergence process in the newly acceded EU Member States was much more evident than in the "old" EU-15 in the first decade of the twenty-first century (Schadler, Mody, Abiad, & Leigh, 2006;Čihák & Fonteyne, 2009;Próchniak & Witkowski, 2013). This was the result of a significantly lower GDP growth rate in the EU-15 regions than in the newly acceded EU Member States (Niebuhr & Schlitte, 2009). If we look at the regions independently from groups of countries, however, we can see an increasing dispersion of income across EU regions.…”

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Reducing the Development Gaps Between Regions in Poland With the Use of European Union Funds

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Wosiek

2019

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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The paper evaluates the processes of regional income convergence in Poland. This new research approach involves an attempt to assess the process of convergence from the point of view of development gaps. Six key development gaps were considered in the region of Eastern Poland, which is a singular case, significantly different from other regions. A dynamic panel data model was applied to investigate the impact of EU funds on the progress made towards closing these development gaps. Among the analysed development gaps, only the structural gap was not reduced in the period 2004–2015. Studies have also revealed the different impact of structural funds on each category of development gaps (a positive impact on reducing the regional transport accessibility gap and the investment gap, but negative – on reducing the innovation gap). Research has suggested the need for a change in the structure of using EU funds in the period 2014–2020 to favour stronger support for entrepreneurship and the creation of new jobs. Greater stimulation of the economic structure of peripheral regions has been proposed as the prerequisite for the future reduction in the discrepancies between regions and for the intensification of convergence.

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Reducing the Development Gaps Between Regions in Poland With the Use of European Union Funds

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Wosiek

2019

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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“…The empirical evidence on the relationship between the spatial wage structure and economic potentials for the new EU member states still remains relatively scarce. Notable exceptions for the pre‐accession period include studies by Brülhart and Koenig (), Niebuhr and Schlitte (), Fingleton and Fisher () and Damijan and Kostevc ().…”

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“…Niebuhr and Schlitte () considered regions of the new EU member states in their study of convergence among countries and regions in the enlarged EU 27. Departing from the NEG framework, they focused on integration effects caused by changes in market access, released by a reduction of trade impediments.…”

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European Integration and Spatial Wage Structure in Poland

Cieślik

Rokicki

2015

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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In this paper we examine the relationship between average wages and market potential across Polish 16 NUTS 2 administrative units during the 1995--2009 period to study the effects of increased international market access using the new economic geography approach. In particular, we estimate the relationship between average regional wages and the market-potential function derived from the modified Helpman-Hanson theoretical model. We demonstrate that both before and after Poland's entry into the European Union the regional economic potential is positively related to the regional level of wages. The magnitude of the estimated parameters on the market potential after Poland's entry into the EU is lower compared to the estimates obtained for the period before the entry but the difference does not seem significant.

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“…Their results provide indirect evidence for a consumer bias as explanation of border effects. Niebuhr & Schlitte (2008) based themselves on estimates by Brocker (] 998) and other authors and used travel time equivalents instead to measure the impediment effect of a border. This means that for them, travel time between the CEECs and EU-15 countries includes waiting times at border crossings, which are added as a…”

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“…European Commission (1998) Finally, the time spent in passing borders (waiting time at border controls, and the filling in of customs formalities) could be conceivable as a measure of trade costs. Brocker (1998) estimated this at I 00 minutes and 60 minutes for the mid-1990s, and Niebuhr & Schlitte (2008) modelled integration by reducing these time penalties. As these are mere estimates or assumptions, they are not deemed appropriate, given the modernisation of border crossing points in accession countries, including Hungary, and the harmonisation of customs formalities which took place financed by EU-funds during the pre-accession period (i.e.…”

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Industry Agglomerations and Regional Development in Hungary

Wandel¹

2010

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Source: Own summary. Notes: a) For a discussion of Oh/in in the light of NEG, see Krugman 's essay "Was it all in Ohlin?" (Krugman 1999). b) For an explanation of the u-curve, see the text at the end of section 2.1.2.1. 12 Paul Krugman was granted the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in 2008, including for the articles which started the stream of theory now referred to as "New Economic Geography". 13 See Krugman (1991), p. 13. 14 Consumers' utility function is described more in detail in context of the Ludema & Wooton model in section 2.1.1.3. 15 Iceberg transport costs are explained more in detail in context of the Ludema & Wooton model in section 2.1.1.3.

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EU Enlargement and Convergence

Cited by 25 publications

References 26 publications

Reducing the Development Gaps Between Regions in Poland With the Use of European Union Funds

Reducing the Development Gaps Between Regions in Poland With the Use of European Union Funds

European Integration and Spatial Wage Structure in Poland

Industry Agglomerations and Regional Development in Hungary

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