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In an era of globalization of business and industry economic analysis often focuses on international transactions and organizational changes. Competition between the key-regions of the world is a major topic in international economics and business. Behind the shell of smart business concepts and self-promotion of metropolitan districts and regions, these tendencies raise the question of national and regional coherence. Particularly in a period of redistribution of economic and political power from the traditional nation-state toward supranational actors like the EU or through privatization to non-governmental bodies, the problem of interregional disparities has been highlighted. The issue of cohesion in regional economic associations like the EU becomes a decisive issue for further integration. Particularly in the more advanced forms of economic integration the issue of redistributive instruments becomes crucial (Molle 1999, pp. 146–150).
This article is a revised and updated version of a paper originally presented at the European Regional Science Association 40th European Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 29 August-1 September 2000.
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Cornett, A.P. (2002). Regional Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union: an Analysis of Interregional Specialization and Integration. In: Cuadrado-Roura, J.R., Parellada, M. (eds) Regional Convergence in the European Union. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04788-0_7
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