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Economic geography and European integration: the effects on the EU's external border regions

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  • George Petrakos
  • Lefteris Topaloglou

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The new European economic space is characterised by growing levels of economic integration among EU members and their neighbouring countries in the East. By and large, East-West integration implies increasing interaction across the external borders of the EU. This paper investigates the impact of integration dynamics on the development prospects of border regions, which are traditionally characterised as low opportunity areas, hosting less advanced local economies. The paper investigates the integration experience of external border regions, as well as the role of distance, market size and agglomeration economies in the process of cross-border interaction. The findings of the analysis have important implications for theory and policy.

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  • George Petrakos & Lefteris Topaloglou, 2008. "Economic geography and European integration: the effects on the EU's external border regions," International Journal of Public Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(3/4), pages 146-162.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpubp:v:3:y:2008:i:3/4:p:146-162
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    1. Christian Ochsner & Pia Wassmann, 2016. "Die ökonomischen Effekte der EU-Osterweiterung: Profitierten die Grenzregionen der alten Mitgliedsstaaten?," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 23(05), pages 24-31, October.
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    7. Mitze, Timo & Breidenbach, Philipp, 2023. "The complex regional effects of macro-institutional shocks: Evidence from EU economic integration over three decades," Ruhr Economic Papers 1007, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    8. Wassmann, Pia, 2016. "The Economic Effects of the EU Eastern Enlargement on Border Regions in the Old Member States," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-582, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    9. Ketevani Kapanadze, 2021. "Checkmate! Losing with Borders, Winning with Centers. The Case of European Integration," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp716, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
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