Index

Core-Periphery Patterns Across the European Union

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(2017), "Index", Pascariu, G.C. and Duarte, M.A.P.D.S. (Ed.) Core-Periphery Patterns Across the European Union, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 363-382. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-495-820171016

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INDEX

Absorption

capacity
, 322–325

rate
, 322

Accessibility
, 30, 31, 54, 67, 75

Accession
, 16–17, 33, 34, 50–51, 115, 126

Active share variable
, 209, 213–215, 227, 232

ADF tests. See Augmented Dickey-Fuller tests (ADF tests)

ADL models. See Autoregressive distributed lag models (ADL models)

Administrative autonomy
, 255

Administrative capacity
, 279, 329

Administrative decentralisation
, 254–255

Administrative deconcentration
, 254

Administrative reforms
, 252, 270

Agglomeration
, 30, 52, 352

catastrophic
, 20

economies
, 20

effects
, 31, 38, 292, 343

industrial
, 52, 74

processes
, 33

Agriculture
, 97, 157, 158, 188

AIR. See Annual Implementation Reports (AIR)

Allocation capacity
, 322

AMECO
, 123

Annual Implementation Reports (AIR)
, 325

Areas of intervention
, 299–306

Asymmetric bicameralism
, 263

Asymmetric stocks
, 26, 71

Asymmetry
, 344, 346–347

Attractiveness
, 201, 220, 224

Augmented Dickey-Fuller tests (ADF tests)
, 114–115

panel unit-root tests
, 160–161

Austerity plans
, 109

Autonomous budgets
, 257–258

Autonomous communities
, 256, 262–263, 265, 267

Autoregressive distributed lag models (ADL models)
, 114–115, 132

Backwash
, 235–236, 246

Balance of internal migration per 1000 persons (BM1000)
, 240

Balanced development
, 271, 318, 341

Balancing Fund
, 260

Baumol Hypothesis
, 144–145, 161n5

Best practices
, 251–252, 258

BM1000. See Balance of internal migration per 1000 persons (BM1000)

Booming sector (B sector)
, 117

Borrowing constraints
, 144

in human capital investments channel
, 154–155

to investment in education and endogenous fertility channels
, 170

Brexit
, 314

BRICS
, 9, 18

Budget distribution
, 297

CADF test. See Covariate augmented Dickey-Fuller test (CADF test)

Capita gaps

in CEECs vs. EU average
, 313

competitiveness gaps in CEECs
, 315–318

evolution of GDP/cap in CEECs
, 314

stage of development of non-euro countries
, 317

Capital and labour productivity
, 296

Capital expenditure
, 276, 277–278

Capital inflows
, 114, 117, 122

Catastrophic agglomeration
, 20

Catastrophic de-agglomeration
, 20

Catching-up process
, 7

five-year average real growth rates

in CEECs and southern member states
, 10

in groups of countries
, 11

GDP per capita in PPP
, 7, 8

measurement
, 12–13

transition and integration period
, 9

Causality
, 13, 155–156, 170, 344

CCC. See Circular cumulative causation (CCC)

CE. See Current expenditure (CE)

Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEEC)
, 4, 7, 313

in DD
, 119–122

heterogeneous space
, 313

allocation vs. absorption capacity
, 322–325

GDP/capita gaps in CEECs vs. EU average
, 313–318

new regulatory framework in 2014–2020 programming period
, 325–329

Romania–national and regional disparities
, 318–322

integration
, 25, 26

competitiveness trends
, 36–38

economic trends
, 33

GDP per capita and labour productivity
, 27, 28

growth and productivity trends
, 33–36

market integration, specialisation and trade
, 38–40

theoretical background
, 28–33

social issues
, 40–45

Central Government
, 254, 271

Centre of gravity, shifting of
, 17–19

Centre-periphery
, 29

allocation of value-added shares
, 346

development model
, 45

differentiation
, 26, 33, 38

distinction/pattern
, 46, 50, 67

paradigm
, 28–30

See also Core-periphery; Eastern periphery

CEPAL. See United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL)

CF. See Cohesion Fund (CF)

Circular cumulative causation (CCC)
, 340

City–region relations
, 234, 239, 243, 245

Classical push–pull model
, 201

Cluster analysis
, 183, 185, 190, 224

Clusters of rural European regions

comparison of typologies
, 190–193

diversity of regions in enlargement European Union
, 178–180

methodological approach
, 181–185, 186

RUFUS typology and core-periphery description
, 194

rural types for different sets of European member states
, 185, 187–190

usability of typology
, 193

Cohesion
, 17, 74

Cohesion Fund (CF)
, 292

Cohesion Policy (CP)
, 25, 292

See also European Union Cohesion Policy (2014–2020) (EU CP)

Common Provisions Regulations (CPR)
, 306

Competitive economy
, 41

Competitiveness
, 17, 18, 26, 52, 99–100, 102

of cities and regions in Poland
, 234–235

database and results
, 240–244

testing for polish urban competitiveness and growth poles
, 237–240

urban competitiveness and growth poles theory
, 235–237

deficits of EU13 economies
, 73

gaps in CEECs
, 315–318

problems
, 109

trends
, 36–38

Concentric ring theory
, 234

Conditional convergence process
, 25

Conditionalities
, 298–313

Consolidated Fund
, 260

Constitution
, 262–263, 272, 279–280

Consumer preferences
, 340–341

Convergence
, 34, 104, 144, 224

in EU
, 5

hypothesis
, 91

of production structure
, 99

Convergence/divergence in EU
, 9

Core regions
, 203, 220, 223

Core-periphery
, 194

differentiation
, 26

CP
, 51

dynamics of institutional environment
, 47–49

institutional approach
, 45–52

institutional index EU13
, 50

institutional index EU15
, 50

levels of GDP/capita
, 46

role of institutions
, 52

division
, 19

gap
, 18

imagery
, 338, 347

models
, 234, 339

of diversified-relational space
, 345–347

of diversified-stylised space
, 342–344

theoretical frameworks
, 339–340

of uniform-abstract space
, 340–342

pattern
, 5–7, 26, 178

phenomenon
, 179

See also Centre-periphery; Eastern periphery

CORINE urban land use
, 181

Corrective arm
, 293n1, 307n9, 312

Corruption
, 52, 121, 325

Counties
, 279

Country component
, 107

Country-specific recommendations (CSRs)
, 308n10

Covariance analysis
, 59

Covariate augmented Dickey-Fuller test (CADF test)
, 130

CP. See Cohesion Policy (CP)

CPR. See Common Provisions Regulations (CPR)

Credit markets imperfection approach
, 154–155

Crisis
, 9, 26, 28, 35, 46, 220, 299

impact of
, 53, 62

economic
, 25, 93, 292, 297, 308

EU’s
, 74

financial
, 17, 261–262, 313

Crowding-out
, 131–132

CSRs. See Country-specific recommendations (CSRs)

Cultural peripherality
, 30

Current expenditure (CE)
, 123, 131–132

Database
, 240–244

DD. See Dutch disease (DD)

Debt
, 90, 108, 260, 267, 285

crises
, 4

debt-induced public
, 4

Decentralisation
, 252

on Eastern Periphery of European Union
, 270

in Poland
, 278–286

in Romania
, 270–278

of power
, 253–255

on Southern Periphery of European Union
, 255

in Italy
, 256–262

in Spain
, 262–270

Decoupling process
, 43

Demographic pressure
, 210, 213

Demographic transition
, 203, 207, 210

Dependence theory. See Centre-periphery—paradigm

Descriptive analysis
, 128

Development

disparities
, 293, 298

gaps
, 25, 28, 69, 295, 318

levels
, 13

trap
, 338

Dichotomous pattern
, 92, 96

Disparities
, 44, 293, 298

of border regions
, 72

growth of
, 31

institutional
, 46–47

inter-regional
, 315

national and regional
, 318–322

Disposable income
, 208, 211–213, 217, 223

DIST
, 57–59

Divergence in EU
, 5

Diversity

diversified-relational space
, 340

models of
, 345–347

diversified-stylised space
, 339–340

models of
, 342–344

of regions in enlargement EU
, 178

methodological approach to diversity of rural areas in Europe
, 180

peripheral situation
, 179

Division of power
, 263

DOLS methodology. See Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares methodology (DOLS methodology)

Dutch disease (DD)
, 114, 115–119

ADF tests
, 114–115

Central and Eastern European countries
, 119–122

econometric models
, 130–136

symptoms
, 122–129

unit root tests of relevant variables
, 129–130, 131

Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares methodology (DOLS methodology)
, 132, 160, 161, 163–166

Dynamic panel methods
, 160n4

Dynamic structural change process
, 144–145, 151

EACs. See Ex-ante conditionalities (EACs)

EaP countries
, 19

East variable
, 209

Eastern European countries (EEC)
, 93, 97, 104, 107, 158–159, 201

Eastern European economies
, 120

Eastern Neighbourhood (EN)
, 19, 72

Eastern periphery
, 5, 202, 205, 207–211, 218–226, 270

decentralisation and local self-government

in Poland
, 278–286

in Romania
, 270–278

of European Union
, 270

Southern EU periphery, vs.
, 4

See also Centre-periphery; Core-periphery

Eastern vs. Southern peripherality
, 53

confidence intervals
, 68

dynamics of peripherality
, 64–66

EP
, 62–66

indicators
, 54, 55

methodology and data
, 53

multivariate methods
, 59

PI
, 61, 63, 67

selection of indices
, 57, 58

SP
, 60, 67–71

system of structural equations
, 56

Eastward shift of economic dynamism and regional resilience
, 16

EC. See European Commission (EC)

Econometric analysis
, 160

Econometric models
, 130

GMM
, 132

models

for GDP growth rate
, 133–134

for real exchange rate
, 135

RER
, 131–132

Econometric strategy
, 211–213, 237–240

Economic

affairs
, 260, 267

crisis
, 25, 90, 93, 109, 120, 200, 206, 220, 224, 308

cycle
, 201, 208

geography
, 30–31

governance
, 293, 311

integration
, 20, 33, 91

performance
, 7, 13, 66, 69

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
, 292

Economic peripherality (EP)
, 53, 57

Economic/economy
, 151

crisis
, 200

delay
, 30

economies of scale
, 342

growth
, 145, 150, 152

comparative perspective on
, 146–150

empirical model and results
, 158–168

inequality and growth
, 154–156

structural change and growth
, 151–154

imbalance
, 354

mechanism
, 154–155

policy
, 165

sectors
, 191

space
, 343, 350

theory
, 157

EDP. See Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP)

Education
, 22, 152

system
, 43, 223, 224, 227

Education(al)
, 152, 209

deficit
, 103

quality
, 210

EEC. See Eastern European countries (EEC)

Efficiency

efficiency-driven stage
, 316

enhancers
, 316

EFSI. See European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)

EIB. See European Investment Bank (EIB)

EIP. See Excessive imbalances procedure (EIP)

Eleven new EU Member States (NMS)
, 120

EM. See Expenditures of municipalities per one inhabitant (EM)

EMFF. See European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)

Emigrants remittances
, 120

Emigration
, 201–204, 208, 211, 213

emod. See Modern services employment ratio (emod)

Empirical analysis
, 122

evolution

of GDP growth rate
, 124

of GFCF
, 125

of government current expenditure
, 127

of real GDPpc
, 123

of short-run interest rate
, 126

GDP growth rate/RER
, 129

real exchange rate/structural funds
, 128

SF
, 122–123

Empirical model and results
, 158

inequality and output
, 161, 163, 164

panel unit-root tests
, 160–161, 162

potential transmission mechanism
, 159

structural change and inequality
, 164–168, 169

Employment
, 151

changes in structure
, 97

shares in GVA
, 98–99

shares in total employment
, 100–101

Southwestern economies
, 102

EMU. See Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

EN. See Eastern Neighbourhood (EN)

Endogenous
, 180, 295–296

Endogenous growth theories
, 295–296

Enlargement
, 33, 50–51, 120, 144

ENP. See European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)

Environmental component
, 183, 184

EP. See Economic peripherality (EP)

Equal opportunities
, 341

ESIF. See European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)

ESPD. See European Spatial Development Policy (ESPD)

etrad. See Traditional services employment ratio (etrad)

EU. See European Union (EU)

EU Cohesion Policy
, 16–17

EU core-periphery division

catching-up process
, 7–11

CEECs
, 4

core-periphery pattern in Europe
, 5–7

GDP per capita in PPS
, 6

interpreting trends with NEG’s paradigm
, 19–21

shifting of centre of gravity
, 17–19

underlying factors
, 11

catching-up measurement
, 12–13

labour productivity and FDI inflows
, 13–16

policy and structural factors
, 11

EU CP. See European Union Cohesion Policy (2014–2020) (EU CP)

EU Funds
, 121, 136, 294, 323, 331

EU integration and centre periphery divide

changes in structure of production, employment and trade
, 97–102

European periphery
, 90

productivity trends in
, 92–97

MFP
, 91–92

R&D and technology change within industries
, 105–108

skill and technology biased structural change
, 102–105

EU’s Eastern periphery, mapping migration transition in
, 218

convergence process
, 224

highly attractive regions
, 220–223

NUTS2 regional classification
, 222

southern states
, 224

total net migration share
, 219, 221

transition drivers
, 218–220

‘unconventional’ measures
, 226

EU2020 Strategy
, 300

Euro area
, 90–91, 122, 292, 313

Euro Plus Pact
, 17

Euro Zone
, 35, 36, 41

Euro-periphery
, 292

Europe of the Regions
, 253, 278

European Charter of Local Self-Government
, 252, 283

European Commission (EC)
, 120, 237, 293

European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
, 293, 306–309, 313

European integration
, 24, 55, 90, 115, 313, 344

European Investment Bank (EIB)
, 306–307

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
, 299

European member states, rural types of
, 185

Typology A
, 185, 187–188

Typology C
, 185, 189–190

European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
, 19

European periphery
, 90

productivity trends in
, 92–97

European policy and programming
, 178

European Regional policy
, 121

European Spatial Development Policy (ESPD)
, 32

European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)
, 293, 299, 306, 308, 309, 325–326

European structural funds
, 113, 137, 276

European Union (EU)
, 4, 24, 115, 144, 178, 200, 252, 292

average

capita gaps in CEECs vs.
, 313–317

national and regional economic gaps with
, 318–322

economy
, 23

competitiveness deficits of EU13 economies
, 73

CP
, 25

Eastern vs. Southern peripherality
, 53–71

integration of Central and Eastern European Countries
, 26–52

EU-28
, 9

legal framework on EU economic, social and territorial cohesion
, 297–298

low-skilled immigration threat
, 200

Member States
, 12, 146, 211, 292

obsessive problem of EU funds’ absorption
, 322–325

regions
, 12–13, 213, 220, 300

European Union Cohesion Policy (2014–2020) (EU CP)
, 292, 293–294

CEEC
, 313–329

new strategic framework, objectives, regions, conditionalities
, 298

new categories of regions, new objectives
, 299–306

new conditionalities
, 310–313

new financial instrument and new conditionalities
, 306–309

‘spatially-blind’ and ‘place-based’ growth theories
, 294

from theoretical to normative background
, 294

legal framework on EU economic, social and territorial cohesion
, 297–298

theoretical background of EU cohesion policy
, 295–297

Europeanisation
, 33, 51, 224

Eurostat
, 44–45, 59, 283

Evolutionary-historical geographical political economy
, 354

Ex-ante conditionalities (EACs)
, 294, 310, 327

Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP)
, 299, 311

Excessive imbalances procedure (EIP)
, 311

Exogenous
, 295, 296, 297

Expenditures of municipalities per one inhabitant (EM)
, 241

Export-led growth
, 16, 109, 110

Exporting capacities
, 110

External shocks
, 120, 220

Factor endowments
, 340

FDI. See Foreign direct investment (FDI)

FE. See Fixed-effects (FE)

FE model
, 240–242, 243

FEAD. See Fund for European Aid to Most Deprived (FEAD)

Financial allocations
, 291

Financial autonomy
, 253, 255, 258, 272, 283

Financial crisis
, 17, 92, 96, 109, 120, 256, 258, 261, 293, 297, 299, 306, 313

Financial market
, 73, 75, 90, 109, 316

Financial period
, 291, 293, 294, 299, 301, 330

Fiscal autonomy
, 256, 272, 283

Fiscal crisis
, 4

Fiscal decentralisation
, 254, 275, 283

See also Decentralisation

Fiscal dependence
, 272

Fiscal federalism
, 253, 257

Fiscal income
, 259, 265, 267

Fiscal policy
, 164

channel
, 145

mechanism
, 159

Fixed-effects (FE)
, 235

mode
, 240

model
, 212

Foreign direct investment (FDI)
, 114

attraction
, 26

inflows
, 13–16

Fund for European Aid to Most Deprived (FEAD)
, 326n17

GCI. See Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)

GDP. See Gross domestic product (GDP)

GDPGR. See Real GDP growth rate (GDPGR)

General ex-ante conditionalities
, 310

General Method of Moments (GMM)
, 132

Geographical agglomeration effects
, 292

Geographical periphery
, 292

GFCF. See Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF)

Gini coefficient
, 149, 156, 158

Gini index
, 163

Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)
, 37, 315

Global linkages
, 346

Global value chains (GVC)
, 345

positioning of industries within
, 346–347

Globalisation
, 151–152

Glocalisation
, 251, 253, 285

GMM. See General Method of Moments (GMM)

Good governance
, 7, 25, 45, 51, 74, 285, 353

Governance space
, 352–353

Greece
, 4, 6, 9, 13, 33, 41, 44, 46, 62, 126, 146, 149, 201, 256, 292, 315, 318

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 146, 234

evolution of GDP growth rate
, 124

GDP/capita gaps in CEECs vs. EU average
, 313

competitiveness gaps
, 315–318

evolution of GDP/cap
, 314

stage of development of non-euro countries
, 317

growth rate/RER
, 129

local government revenues as percentage
, 259

models for
, 130–131, 133–134

Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF)
, 35, 123, 125

Gross value added (GVA)
, 55, 97

shares in
, 98–99

Growth
, 24, 25, 31, 33–36, 38, 40–44, 52, 62, 66, 71

Growth multifactor productivity (MFP)
, 96

Growth pole
, 19, 28, 234, 235, 236, 238, 244, 246, 321

Growth poles theory
, 235–237

testing for polish
, 237–240

Growth rates
, 5, 9–11, 13, 34, 62, 66, 94, 95, 153, 207, 208, 314

Growth regressions
, 152

Growth theories
, 45, 294, 295–297

GVA. See Gross value added (GVA)

GVC. See Global value chains (GVC)

H0. See Null hypothesis (H0)

HDR–OP. See Human Development Resources OP (HDR–OP)

HDT. See High development theory (HDT)

Health
, 152

expenditures
, 165

quality
, 218

Romanian health-care system
, 277

variable
, 209

Health system
, 210, 211, 218

Health-care
, 225, 256, 258, 277

expenditures
, 277

Heterogeneity
, 178

degree of
, 12

local identity, interests, and economic and fiscal potential
, 263

regional
, 318

of services sector
, 153

Hierarchical agglomeration cluster analysis
, 220

High and medium-high technology
, 104

High development theory (HDT)
, 342

Highly attractive regions
, 220, 223

Highly unattractive regions
, 223

Horizontal intra-industry trade (HIIT)
, 40

Human capital
, 155, 295–296

borrowing constraints in human capital investments channel
, 154–155

relative shortage of
, 103

Human Development Resources OP (HDR–OP)
, 323

Hungary
, 62, 191–192, 270

output growth and labour productivity growth
, 95

ICT. See Information and communication technology (ICT)

Ideological peripherality
, 30

IIT typology. See Intra-industry trade typology (IIT typology)

IM. See Incomes of municipalities per one inhabitant (IM)

Immigrants
, 207, 210

Immigration
, 200, 202, 203, 208, 213

Imports (IMP)
, 60

Income

inequality
, 44, 146

variable
, 209

Incomes of municipalities per one inhabitant (IM)
, 240–241

Increasing returns to scale (IRS)
, 342

Independent Auditing Committee
, 262

Indicators
, 146, 158, 178, 275, 282

Industrial policy
, 90, 110

Industrial relocation
, 3

Industries, R&D and technology change within
, 105–108

Industry VA excluding Construction and Building (VAIECB)
, 123

Inequality
, 145, 150, 159

comparative perspective on
, 146–150

empirical model and results
, 158–168, 169

and growth
, 154–156

hampers growth
, 160

of income distribution
, 43, 44

and output
, 161, 163

structural change and
, 156–158

Information and communication technology (ICT)
, 151–152

Infrastructure
, 16, 31, 69, 72, 118, 121, 245, 277, 300, 316, 318, 345

Innovation
, 316

capacity
, 25, 237

Innovation driven stage
, 316

Integration
, 24, 36, 38, 45, 55, 71

process
, 26, 46, 50, 53, 55, 113, 297

Integration period
, 9

Integrative approach
, 53

See also Eastern vS. Southern peripherality

Internal market
, 24, 25, 35, 41, 52, 61, 74, 298

Intra-industry trade typology (IIT typology)
, 39

Investment
, 72

Investment clause
, 312

Irregularities
, 323, 325

IRS. See Increasing returns to scale (IRS)

Italy

decentralisation and self-government in
, 256–262

overall and local government revenues as percentage of GDP
, 259

structure of budgetary revenues
, 260

k-means cluster analysis
, 183, 190

Knowledge-intensive services
, 104, 157

Kuznets curve
, 156–157

Labour

force
, 24, 55, 60, 72, 120, 206, 223, 227

frontiers
, 203

market

dualism theory
, 207

segmentation
, 213–214

productivity
, 13

by country in 2015
, 14

growth in
, 14

growth rate in
, 15

Lagging sector (L sector)
, 117

Lagrange multiplier test (LM test)
, 212

Less-developed countries
, 292, 294–295

Level of specialization
, 13

Lisbon Treaty (LT)
, 297–298

Living conditions
, 208

Living standard
, 213, 236

LM test. See Lagrange multiplier test (LM test)

Loans
, 254, 260, 270, 272, 277, 285, 293

Local authorities
, 236, 255, 257, 259, 260, 269, 272, 275, 277, 280, 283, 287

Local autonomy
, 255, 265

Local Communities

Revenue Act
, 283

in Spain
, 267

Local debt
, 260, 267

Local development
, 252, 255, 354

Local governments
, 258

division of responsibility among local governments in Spain
, 264

general share on Eastern Periphery of Europe Union
, 271

indicators of local revenues and expenditures in Poland
, 282

revenues as percentage of GDP in Italy
, 259

Local identity
, 252, 253, 255, 270

Local linkages
, 346

Local revenues
, 272, 274, 282, 287

Local self-government
, 253–255

on Eastern Periphery of European Union
, 270

in Poland
, 278–286

in Romania
, 270–278

on Southern Periphery of European Union
, 255

in Italy
, 256–262

in Spain
, 262–270

Local taxes
, 255, 258, 272

Long-run interest rate (LRIR)
, 123, 131–132

evolution of
, 126

Long-term growth of labour productivity
, 92–93

Low and medium-high technology
, 24, 104

LRIR. See Long-run interest rate (LRIR)

LT. See Lisbon Treaty (LT)

Macroeconomic conditionality
, 294, 311–313

imbalances
, 108, 305

policies
, 29

stability
, 36, 293, 307

Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP)
, 19, 299

Manufacturing
, 39, 97–99, 104, 109, 119, 152, 343–344

sectors
, 97, 115–116, 117–118, 150–151, 156, 185

Market
, 5, 7, 9, 16, 20, 30, 38–40, 54, 60, 71, 74, 153, 206, 292, 297, 352

integration
, 292

Marketplace
, 340, 342–343, 347

Medium-term budgetary objective (MTO)
, 312

Metropolisation
, 257

Metropolitan regions
, 3, 18, 179

MFP. See Multifactor productivity (MFP)

Migration

cycle
, 204, 226

policy
, 226, 228

Migration process
, 200, 205, 208, 209

hump
, 204

migration-development nexus
, 203–205

turnaround in Southern Europe
, 205–207

Migration transition
, 201, 202

data overview and econometric strategy
, 211–213

descriptive statistics of variables
, 232

drivers
, 206

estimation results and discussions
, 213

income
, 217–218

interaction regressors
, 218

labour market segmentation
, 213–214

regression results for fixed-effects models
, 214, 215–216

two-way fixed effects
, 214–217

EU enlargements
, 200–201

large scale migration
, 201–202

mapping migration transition in EU’s Eastern periphery
, 218–226

measuring drivers of migration transition model
, 207–211

migration-development nexus
, 203–205

pattern
, 205

transitional path
, 205–207

MIP. See Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP)

Mobility
, 203–204, 208, 295

form
, 205

of labour
, 20

population
, 245

Model of governance
, 4–5

Modern progressive

sectors
, 145

services
, 157

Modern services
, 145, 149n1, 150, 160, 164, 165, 166, 168, 170

Modern services employment ratio (emod)
, 159, 161, 161n5, 162, 164, 167

Modernisation process
, 203

Monetary union
, 26

MTO. See Medium-term budgetary objective (MTO)

Multi-core integration environment
, 353

Multi-dimensional space

case for modern spatial account of development
, 347

lessons from three interpretations of space
, 348–349

policy and economic space
, 350

socio-cultural space
, 350–351

core-periphery model revisited
, 339

diversified-relational space models
, 345–347

diversified-stylised space models
, 342–344

theoretical frameworks
, 339–340

uniform-abstract space models
, 340–342

policy implications in
, 351

governance space
, 352–353

policy-mix of ‘big processes’, local and global
, 353–354

Multifactor productivity (MFP)
, 91–92, 97

growth
, 93, 96

Multivariate methods
, 59

Multivariate statistical techniques
, 183, 184

Municipalities
, 257–260, 263–266, 279, 282

National and regional economic gaps with EU average
, 318–322

National Ordinary Fund for Investment
, 260

National societies
, 341

Natural resource sector
, 117–118

ND1000. See Number of dwellings (ND1000)

NEG. See New Economic Geography (NEG)

Negative integration
, 25

Neoclassical growth accounting framework
, 93

Neoclassical growth theory
, 235, 295

Net lending variables (NL variables)
, 123, 131–132

Net migration balance
, 224, 227

Network analysis
, 57

New Economic Geography (NEG)
, 5, 20, 29, 91, 296, 343, 344

New member states (NMS)
, 5, 34, 40, 144–145, 147–148, 192

NL variables. See Net lending variables (NL variables)

NMS. See New member states (NMS)

NNP100. See Number of population in non-productive age per 100 working-age persons (NNP100)

Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics in 2010

level 2 (NUTS2 2010)
, 211

Non-euro CEECs
, 317, 318

Non-parametric methods
, 127–129

Non-tradable goods (NTG)
, 117–118, 123, 132, 137

NPE100. See Number of private sector enterprises per 100 inhabitants (NPE100)

NPP. See Number of population in productive age (NPP)

NTG. See Non-tradable goods (NTG)

NTP. See Number of total population (NTP)

Null hypothesis (H0)
, 160–161

Number of dwellings (ND1000)
, 241

Number of population in non-productive age per 100 working-age persons (NNP100)
, 241

Number of population in productive age (NPP)
, 241

Number of private sector enterprises per 100 inhabitants (NPE100)
, 241

Number of readers in public libraries per 1000 inhabitants (RPL1000)
, 241

Number of total population (NTP)
, 241

NUTS2 2010. See Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics in 2010

level 2 (NUTS2 2010)

NUTS3

level
, 180

regions
, 181

OECD. See Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Oil crisis
, 201–202

‘One-size fits all’ policies
, 91, 109

Operational Programmes (OPs)
, 323

OP–Increase Economic Competitiveness Programme (OP-IECP)
, 323

Optimism
, 200

Ordinary Fund
, 260

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 43–44, 156

ANBERD database
, 107

classification
, 183

rural–urban partnerships
, 195

Own resources
, 255, 257

Panel
, 152–153, 155, 158–160, 240

analysis
, 211, 213, 239

data analysis
, 211, 213, 239

unit-root tests
, 160–161, 162

Partnership Agreements (PAs)
, 308n10, 310

PD. See Population density (PD)

Peripheral cities
, 178, 234

Peripheral countries
, 5, 7, 20, 31, 38, 50, 68, 144

Peripheral regions
, 28, 31, 71, 178, 193, 202, 223, 286, 292, 346

Peripherality
, 30, 178, 191–192

Peripherality index (PI)
, 61, 67

correlations matrix
, 85

for economies of European Union
, 63

EU states by groups depending on
, 70

maps of economic and spatial peripherality and topographic representation
, 84

variables used in analysis of
, 83

Periphery

centre-periphery
, 29, 346

core-periphery
, 194

Eastern periphery
, 207–211

European periphery
, 90

Southern periphery
, 207–211

Perroux’s growth pole theory
, 234

Pesaran CD test
, 212

Pessimism
, 200

PI. See Peripherality index (PI)

Place-based approach
, 178, 294, 295

Poland

competitiveness of cities and regions in
, 234

database and results
, 240–244

testing for polish urban competitiveness and growth poles
, 237–240

urban competitiveness and growth poles theory
, 235–237

voivodships
, 234–235

decentralisation and local self-government in
, 278

advanced reformer
, 280–281

centralisation and decentralisation
, 286

distribution of government responsibility in
, 281

distribution of local expenditures in
, 284

evolution of regional GDP in
, 285

indicators of local revenues and expenditures in
, 282

Local Communities’ Revenue Act
, 283

regionalization
, 279

Supreme Audit Office
, 285–286

Polarization
, 20

Policy

assessment
, 183

factors
, 11

implications in multi-dimensional space
, 351

governance space
, 352–353

policy-mix of ‘big processes’
, 353–354

policymakers
, 115

space
, 350

Polish cities
, 235, 239, 240–241, 243, 245

Political

mechanism
, 154–155

peripherality
, 30

political–economic constraints
, 351

risks
, 26

Pooled ordinary least squares (POLS)
, 212, 235, 240, 241–244

Population density (PD)
, 54, 181, 210, 240

Positive spillovers
, 97

Potential transmission mechanism
, 159

Poverty risk
, 41, 42, 44

PPPs. See Public-private partnerships (PPPs)

PPS. See Purchasing power standard (PPS)

Prebisch-Singer hypothesis
, 29

Preventive arm
, 293n1, 307n9, 312

Private consumption
, 4

Product life cycle theory
, 234, 345

Production functions
, 295, 340

Productivity
, 18, 33, 55, 145, 151, 153, 237

Productivity trends in European periphery
, 92

GDP per capita
, 92

growth dynamics
, 96–97

labour productivity
, 93

MFP growth in EU-15 countries
, 96

output growth and labour productivity growth
, 94–95

Programming Period (2007–2014)
, 322–325

Programming period
, 17, 293, 297, 313–315

Provinces
, 257, 259, 260, 263, 267, 282

Public affairs
, 255–257

Public policies
, 120, 275, 314

Public-private partnerships (PPPs)
, 33, 146

Purchasing power standard (PPS)
, 33, 283

Quantile regressions (QR)
, 159, 160, 166

‘Quasi-Federalist’ approach
, 262

distribution of budgetary revenue in Spain
, 266

distribution of public expenditures in Spain
, 268

division of responsibility among local governments in Spain
, 264–265

expenditures in autonomous community budgets in Spain
, 269

local communities in Spain
, 267

sources of revenue in autonomous community budgets
, 267

Spanish administrative system
, 270

Spanish autonomous communities
, 265, 267

Spanish population
, 263

R&D and technology change within industries
, 105–108

Random effects model
, 212

RCI. See Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI)

RE. See Regional economics (RE)

Re-allocation factors effect
, 117–118

Real exchange rate (RER)
, 114, 117n2, 123, 132–133, 136

appreciation
, 116

evolution of
, 125

models for
, 130–131, 135

Real GDP growth rate (GDPGR)
, 123

Real GDP per capita (RGDPpc)
, 123

conditional density
, 124

Reconversion
, 300

Region((s)
, 16, 20, 25, 31, 33, 52, 74, 212

Regional attractiveness
, 220

Regional authorities
, 280–281, 283

Regional budgets
, 253, 258–259, 285

Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI)
, 316

Regional development
, 13, 283, 285, 295, 339

EU
, 291

policies
, 32, 43, 69, 72

traditional target of
, 354

Regional economics (RE)
, 240, 339, 344

Regional government
, 253, 262

Regional heterogeneity
, 318

Regional level
, 5, 202, 246, 285, 316

Regional OP (ROP)
, 323

Regionalisation
, 270

decentralisation and local self-government

in Poland
, 278–286

in Romania
, 270–278

Regression analysis
, 234

RER. See Real exchange rate (RER)

Research and development (R&D)
, 153, 297

Resilience
, 5, 16, 69, 352–353

Resource(s)
, 24, 45, 55, 115, 119, 193, 257–258, 300

effect
, 118

movement effect
, 117–118

niche
, 203

Returns
, 91, 295, 315, 341

RGDPpc. See Real GDP per capita (RGDPpc)

Risk of poverty
, 41–42

Romania
, 313

allocation vs. absorption capacity
, 322–325

decentralisation and local self-government in
, 270

authorities
, 271–272

distribution of local expenditures in
, 277

distribution of responsibility in
, 273–274

general share of local government expenditures
, 271

indicators of fiscal decentralisation in
, 275

local budgetary decisions
, 278

Romanian health-care system
, 277

source of dysfunctionality
, 275–276

sources of local budgetary revenues in
, 274

GDP/capita gaps in CEECs vs. EU average
, 313–318

new regulatory framework in 2014–2020 programming period
, 325–329

Romania–national and regional disparities
, 318–322

Romanian Partnership Agreement (2014–2020)
, 321, 326

ROP. See Regional OP (ROP)

RPL1000. See Number of readers in public libraries per 1000 inhabitants (RPL1000)

RUFUS. See Rural Future Networks (RUFUS)

Rural

depopulation
, 206

methodological approach to diversity of rural areas in Europe
, 180

rural–urban migration
, 206

types for different sets of European member states
, 185, 187–190

Rural Future Networks (RUFUS)
, 179

types of rural regions in Europe
, 191–192

typology
, 183–184, 193, 194

Rural regions
, 179, 181, 188, 191–192

Saving
, 144, 159, 170, 315, 340–341

Scale economies
, 40, 52, 151–152

Schumpeterian growth approach
, 296

SE member states. See Southern EU member states (SE member states)

SEC. See Southern European countries/Southern periphery (SEC)

Sector component
, 183

Segmentation variable
, 209

‘Segregation’ effect
, 262

Self-government practices

economic and social development
, 252

in EU
, 253

See also Local self-government

Services
, 237, 259, 280, 344

SF. See Structural Funds (SF)

SGP. See Stability and Growth Pact (SGP)

Shared revenue
, 258, 265

Short-run interest rate (SRIR)
, 131–132

evolution of
, 126

Single Market (SM)
, 292

Skill-biased technical change
, 145

Social

peripherality
, 30

space
, 339

Social and cultural activities
, 267, 277

Social assistance
, 207, 277

Socio-cultural

constraints
, 351

space
, 350–351

Socio-economic

component
, 183, 184

indicators
, 194

Solow–Swan model
, 29, 295

Southern development zone
, 18

Southern economies
, 99

Southern EU member states (SE member states)
, 146

Southern Europe
, 4, 146, 149, 191

migration turnaround in
, 205–207

Southern European countries/Southern periphery (SEC)
, 201

Southern periphery
, 207–211

decentralisation and local self-government

in Italy
, 256–262

in Spain
, 262–270

Southwestern countries
, 104

Southwestern economies
, 102

Southwestern Europe
, 93

SP. See Spatial peripherality (SP)

Spain

decentralisation in
, 262–270

local self-government in
, 262–270

Spain
, 13, 92, 102, 150

Spatial account of development, case for modern
, 347

lessons from three interpretations of space
, 348–349

policy and economic space
, 350

socio-cultural space
, 350–351

Spatial distribution
, 30, 339

Spatial influences
, 347

Spatial peripherality (SP)
, 25, 60

Spatial representation
, 339

Spatial/geographic component
, 32

‘Spatially-blind’ theories
, 295

Special National Fund
, 260

Special regime
, 257

‘Spending effect’
, 117–118

Spillovers
, 97, 246

SRIR. See Short-run interest rate (SRIR)

Stability and Growth Pact (SGP)
, 293

preventive arm
, 312

Stagnant services
, 145, 153

Stagnation
, 24–25, 35, 45, 92, 205, 330, 344

State consolidation
, 218

Static panel estimation method, fixed effects
, 158

Static panel model estimators
, 239

Stationarity
, 128, 159, 160–161

Structural

component
, 107

factors
, 11

reforms clause
, 312

Structural change
, 145, 150

changes in structure of production, employment and trade
, 97–102

comparative perspective on
, 146–150

empirical model and results
, 158–169

and growth
, 151–154

and inequality
, 156–158

process
, 144

skill and technology biased
, 102–105

Structural deficiencies
, 5

Structural Funds (SF)
, 122–123, 131–132

Structural reforms
, 4, 26

Structural transformation
, 132, 224

Sub-regional
, 12, 75, 316

Subnational communities
, 254, 256, 262, 285

Subsidiarity, principle of
, 252, 254–255

Subsidies
, 272, 275, 293

TCR. See Total current revenue (TCR)

Technological change
, 97, 144–145, 151, 155, 157–158, 295–296, 340–341

Territorial development
, 338

Territory
, 52, 236, 254, 340

of variable geometry
, 352

Tertiarisation process
, 150

TEU. See Treaty on European Union (TEU)

TFEU. See Treaty on Functioning of EU (TFEU)

TG. See Tradable goods (TG)

Thematic conditionalities
, 310

Tiebout model
, 254

‘TIME’ variables
, 57, 58

Total current revenue (TCR)
, 123, 131–132

Total value added (TVA)
, 123

Tradable goods (TG)
, 115, 117, 122, 127, 132

Tradable knowledge-intensive services
, 157

Trade

balance
, 102

changes in structure
, 97–102

shares in technology classes
, 105

Traditional services
, 150, 157, 170

Traditional services employment ratio (etrad)
, 159, 161–167

Transfers
, 257, 258, 263, 272, 283

Transition(al)

drivers
, 218–220

economies of Central and Eastern Europe
, 144–145

path
, 205–207

period
, 9

personal services
, 151–152

services quantile estimates
, 167

theories
, 203–205

Treaty on European Union (TEU)
, 297n4

Treaty on Functioning of EU (TFEU)
, 97n4, 293n1, 307n9

TVA. See Total value added (TVA)

Typology
, 179

for rural areas in Europe
, 181

basic settings and data base
, 181

factor and cluster analysis
, 183–185, 186

indicator selection and derivation of rural types
, 181–183, 184

typology A
, 185, 187–188

typology C
, 188–190

usability of
, 193

Typology of European rural areas for spatial impact assessment of policies (TERA-SIAP approach) TERA-SIAP approach
, 193

‘Unconventional’ measures
, 226

Unemployment
, 212

rates
, 178

and unequal distribution of income
, 42–43

variable
, 209

Uneven development
, 235, 311, 339, 343

Unevenness
, 339

Uniform-abstract
, 339, 352

space
, 338–339, 340–342

Uniform-abstract space
, 339

models of
, 340–342

Unit root
, 114–115, 129–130, 131

tests of relevant variables
, 129–130, 131

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL)
, 338

Urban Audit Core City Regions
, 181

Urban Audit Large Urban Zones
, 181

Urban competitiveness

and growth poles theory
, 235–237

testing for polish
, 237–240

Urban development
, 234

Urbanisation
, 209–210, 237

process
, 225, 227

variable
, 209

Urbanisation level
, 213, 223, 227

VAIECB. See Industry VA excluding Construction and Building (VAIECB)

Value-added taxes (VAT)
, 272

Vernon’s product life cycle theory
, 234, 235

Vertical intra-industry trade (VIIT)
, 39–40

‘Vertical linkages’ model
, 20

Visualisation
, 180, 194

Voivodships
, 234, 237, 243, 281, 282

Weighted least squares (WLS)
, 160, 164

Welfare
, 7, 40, 158, 236, 350

Wiiw
, 146

Williamson hypothesis
, 341

World Economic Forum (WEF)
, 37, 74, 316

Prelims
Part I Integration, Growth, Convergence. Southern Versus Eastern Peripherality
Chapter 1 The Dynamics of the EU Core-Periphery Division: Eastern vs. Southern Periphery – A Comparative Analysis from a New Economic Geography Perspective
Chapter 2 Integration, Growth and Core-Periphery Pattern in EU’s Economy: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidences
Part II Structural Transformations in Southern and Eastern Enlargements
Chapter 3 EU Integration and the Centre Periphery Divide: Growth and Structural Change in Southern and Eastern European Countries
Chapter 4 Dutch Disease in Central and Eastern European Countries
Chapter 5 Structural Change, Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of Central and Eastern European Countries
Part III Core-Periphery Particularities in Eastern and Southern Europe: Case Studies
Chapter 6 Clusters of Rural European Regions: An Approach to Show the Multi-Dimensional Character of Core-Peripheral Patterns
Chapter 7 Is Eastern Europe Following the Same Transition Model as the South? A Regional Analysis of the Main Migration Transition Drivers
Chapter 8 Competitiveness of Cities and Their Regions in Poland – Changes in the Light of the Growth Pole Concept
Part IV Core-Periphery Patterns and Policy Implications. Sectoral Issues
Chapter 9 Fiscal Decentralisation and Self-Government Practices: Southern versus Eastern Periphery of the European Union
Chapter 10 Continuity versus Discontinuity in the 2014–2020 EU Cohesion Policy
Chapter 11 Beyond the Core-Periphery Model: Policies for Development in a Multi-Dimensional Space
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