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Wie sinnvoll ist die Regionalpolitik der Europäischen Union?

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  • Südekum Jens

    (Volkswirtschaftliches Seminar der Universität Göttingen. Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 Göttingen)

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European Regional Policies aim to close real income gaps between EU-regions by subsidising the economic periphery. These policies are motivated by new divergence theories in economics that imply regional income divergence as a possible result of free markets. However, the same theories identify various advantages from a spatially uneven resource allocation and do not point to an essential need for political interventions. Moreover, the European Commission in its endeavour to countervail agglomeration even pursues policies that sometimes achieve quite the opposite. Thus, this paper argues that European regional policies lack a convincing conceptual framework and should undergo substantial reforms.

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  • Südekum Jens, 2002. "Wie sinnvoll ist die Regionalpolitik der Europäischen Union?," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 51(2), pages 121-141, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:51:y:2002:i:2:p:121-141:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2002-0202
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    1. Gröteke Friedrich & Kerber Wolfgang, 2004. "The Case of Ryanair - EU State Aid Policy on the Wrong Runway," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 55(1), pages 313-332, January.
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    3. Sudekum, Jens, 2002. "Subsidizing Education in the Economic Periphery: Another Pitfall of Regional Policies?," Discussion Paper Series 26130, Hamburg Institute of International Economics.

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