The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the European regional development funds do not allow simultaneous achievement of goals of efficiency and equity when they are dedicated to financing transportation infrastructures. The paper first gives some insights on the origin of regional...

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the European regional development funds do not allow simultaneous achievement of goals of efficiency and equity when they are dedicated to financing transportation infrastructures. The paper first gives some insights on the history and the...

В данной статье анализируются теорети- ческие и практические аспекты оценки конкурентоспособности регионов и приводятся методические предложения. Проведен...

Mit der Erweiterung der Europäischen Union haben sich die wirtschaftlichen Bedingungenfür die Entwicklung der Regionen in den neuen EU-Beitrittsländern Mittelosteuropasnachhaltig verändert. Dabei ist zu beobachten, dass sich die Angleichungzwischen den Volkswirtschaften in den wichtigsten...

The article deals with problems of economic development and regional disparities in the Czech Republic and changes of the disparities from 1995 to 2005 among Czech regions.

With respect to the prepared accession of the Czech Republic into the EU it is necessary to identify oneself with trends and rules of the EU in the field of rural development. The new demarcation of regions (of rural districts in the Czech republic) in harmony with the common methodology of OECD...

From macroeconomics perspective entrepreneurship of natural persons can be not infrequently perceived as a marginal matter. Close-up view however shows that on the lower economical level the analysis of the physical persons entrepreneurial activities can contribute to explanation of regional...

Throughout this paper we undertook a research which goal is presented by the title, namely to elaborate a comparative analysis of the geographical disparities regarding the level of education of the population and the level of economic development in Romania and in the regional profile. Within...

This paper analyses the spatial distribution of economic activity in the European Union at NUTS2 level over the 2001-2010 period. The aim of the study is twofold: (i) to provide descriptive evidence of the agglomeration distribution in Europe and its evolution over time across countries; (ii) to...

This paper seeks to evaluate the relationship between the Brazilian Regional Development Funds and GDP per capita growth on two spatial scales (municipalities and micro-regions) between 1999 and 2011. In addition to the multi-scalar approach, this work brings to the available literature three...