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Better together: Untapped potentials in Central Europe
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Abstract Borders prevent the optimal exploitation of socio-economic and environmental resources. A relevant obstacle due to missed integration is associated with legal and administrative barriers, which cause the emergence of untapped potentials. This paper exploits the case study of the Interreg Central Eur... view more
Borders prevent the optimal exploitation of socio-economic and environmental resources. A relevant obstacle due to missed integration is associated with legal and administrative barriers, which cause the emergence of untapped potentials. This paper exploits the case study of the Interreg Central Europe programme. Removing borders among countries in the area enhances scale economies due to a large market for inputs and goods, both within regions and across Central European area regions. This paper identifies untapped potentials by looking at the missed regional GDP growth due to the inefficient exploitation of regional growth assets. Results hint at a complex and heterogeneous spatial distribution of untapped potentials, involving several growth factors.... view less
Keywords
Central Europe; border region; European integration; growth; regional factors; gross domestic product; economic relations
Classification
National Economy
Free Keywords
border constraints; regional growth; untapped potentials; Flash Eurobarometer 422 (Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU) (ZA6586 v1.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1051-1085
Journal
Papers in Regional Science, 101 (2022) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12690
ISSN
1056-8190
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0