Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt; Krieger-Boden, Christiane - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
and regions in the EU-15 since 1980. Localization, which nests concentration and specialization, is measured by a Theil … index. The stylized facts reveal a broad aggregate trend towards structural convergence in the EU-15. The by far most … cohesion slowed down considerably in the early 1990s, however …