This paper examines whether some East German regions have already achieved the same economic capability as the regions in West Germany, so that they are on a competitive basis with the West German regions and are able to reach the same economic level in the long run. If this is not the case, it...

The paper discusses the role of the concept of special and differential treatment in the framework of regional trade agreements for the development of a competition regime. After a discussion of the main characteristics and possible shortfalls of those concepts, three case countries are assessed...

The paper explores the relationships between economic freedom on the one side and development aid and IMF credit as approximation for conditional aid on the other side. After a short review of current literature on the issue of economic development, economic freedom, aid, and IMF credit, the...

The paper explores the relationships between economic freedom on the one side and development aid and IMF credit as approximation for conditional aid on the other side. After a short review of current literature the paper develops a simple panel regression model to evaluate the relationships. In...

The Eastern enlargement of the EU is likely to increase the regional disparities within the EU. At the same time regional cohesion is a primary objective of EU economic policies. This raises the question of whether and when the regions of the accession countries will reach the average economic...

Start-up activities are considered to be important for regional economic development and vary considerably between regions. As entrepreneurial activity in a region is strongly influenced by its regional conditions, we analyse the role of the conditions and their impact on start-up activities....

Start-up activities are considered to be important for regional economic development which varies considerably between regions. As new firm formation and growth is strongly influenced by regional conditions, we analyse the role of regional conditions and their impact on start-up activities. In...

Die EU-Erweiterung wirkt sich auf den Status der Regionen aus, die derzeit im Rahmen der EURegionalpolitik gefördert werden. Voraussichtlich werden zahlreiche Regionen in der kommenden Programmperiode ihren Ziel-1-Status verlieren und entsprechend auf Fördermittel verzichten müssen. Über...

Die Stadt Leipzig hat sich zusammen mit Chemnitz, Dresden, Halle und Riesa um die Austragung der Olympischen Spiele 2012 beworben und konnte sich bei der Entscheidung des Nationalen Olympischen Komitees am 12. April 2003 gegen ökonomisch weitaus stärkere westdeutsche Städte durchsetzen. Mit...

Der Beitrag untersucht vor dem Hintergrund der Diskussion über die Neuordnung der deutschen und europäischen Regionalpolitik, welche Unterschiede in der Ausstattung mit Wachstumsfaktoren zwischen den deutschen Regionen bestehen. Auf der Grundlage einer Clusteranalyse wurden die deutschen...