We analyze the influence of newly constructed globalization measures on regional growth for the EU-27 countries between … growth enhancing eff ect accrues from the structural funds expenditures in the EU. …

in the analysis of the convergence process of European Union (EU15) regions by systematically applying a method to … results suggest that convergence pattern of EU regions depends on the spatial scale of analysis and that convergence occurs … within countries at finer scales (NUTS3 level) rather than between EU countries. Furthermore, these findings hold when we …

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 …

-environment-economic targets for the EU, APEC and ASEAN (A&A) countries, using appropriate data sets ranging from the years 2003 to 2012. In the … analysis results, it appears that EU countries exhibit generally a higher efficiency than A&A countries. In particular, it … turns out that Cyprus, Luxembourg and Ireland may be seen as super-efficient countries in the EU, and Brunei as a high …