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The final chapter is devoted to tests of the theoretical model using European data for the observation period 1995–2004. They show how a fixation on the incidence of convergence processes may in fact distract from persistent and widening disparities: after presenting the results from tests of the theoretical model, it is demonstrated how these are related to divergence tendencies within subgroups of regions.
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In Great Britain GRP per capita is 3.83 times higher in Inner London than in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (1995: 3.66); in Belgium, Brussels is 3.04 times as high as Hainault (Prov. Hainaut) (1995: 2.97).
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These are Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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The only exceptions are Belgium and Finland.
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The ratio of Bratislava (Bratislavský kraj) versus Eastern Slovakia (Východné Slovensko) has risen from 2.83 in 1995 to 3.05 in 2004.
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These are Austria and Italy.
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These are Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.
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Sardadvar, S. (2011). Testing the Theoretical Model. In: Economic Growth in the Regions of Europe. Contributions to Economics, vol 1. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2637-1_11
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