a historical database of European roads networks has been constructed covering all EU27 countries. This database enables … to evaluate to what extent EU infrastructure policy has led to an improvement of the accessibility of peripheral regions …

convergence process among countries. Generally, empirical evidences from the EU history have confirmed this process. Intuitively …, some authors could consider that current crisis seems to affect convergence in EU. Contrary, how our analysis demonstrated … the period of last decade a significant convergence in EU, in matter of GDP per capita. However, differences in matter of …

The paper evaluates the impact of the EU Eastern enlargement 2004 on the economic performance of border regions located … EU Eastern enlargement not taken place. Results show that, overall, the EU Eastern enlargement 2004 had no statistically … from the EU enlargement, for the Italian region, the effect is negative. This heterogeneity seems to be driven by …

While European integration has substantially contributed to economic convergence between the member states of the EU …, the gap between rich and poor regions widened in most countries which accessed the EU since 2004. This trend, however …