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The role of open borders and cross-border cooperation in regional growth across Europe

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  • Kadir Basboga

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This paper estimates the impacts of opening of borders and intensity of cross-border cooperation (CBC) on regional growth across European border regions. The difference-in-difference estimations show that the opening of national borders for free movement of people is associated with a 2.7% increase in regional gross value added (GVA) per capita for the border regions of Europe. Using an extension of this estimation based on European Commission-supported CBC projects data for the 2007–13 period (through the INTERREG programme), the results suggest that the doubling of the number of CBC project partners (per 100,000 population) is correlated with an increase of 2.3% in regional GVA per capita. These results confirm the positive economic benefits of European integration by means of CBC. For future research efforts, these findings also encourage the research community to investigate more deeply the channels through which CBC affects the socioeconomic development of border regions.

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  • Kadir Basboga, 2020. "The role of open borders and cross-border cooperation in regional growth across Europe," Regional Studies, Regional Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 532-549, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsrsxx:v:7:y:2020:i:1:p:532-549
    DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2020.1842800
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    1. Roman Fedorenko & Galina Khmeleva & Marina Kurnikova, 2023. "Border Proximity, Ports, and Railways: Analyzing Their Impact on County-Level Economic Dynamics in Hungary, 2001–2020," Economies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-20, November.
    2. Nataliia Letunovska & Rafis Abazov & Yang Chen, 2022. "Framing a Regional Spatial Development Perspective: The Relation between Health and Regional Performance," Virtual Economics, The London Academy of Science and Business, vol. 5(4), pages 87-99, December.
    3. Javier Martín-Uceda & Joan Vicente Rufí, 2021. "Territorial Development and Cross-Border Cooperation: A Review of the Consequences of European INTERREG Policies on the Spanish–French Border (2007–2020)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-16, October.
    4. Christophe Sohn & Julien Licheron & Evert Meijers, 2022. "Border cities: Out of the shadow," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 101(2), pages 417-438, April.

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