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The competitiveness of regions. A comparison between Belgian and German regions

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  • Joep Konings
  • Luca Marcolin

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This paper uses firm level data to analyze the regional competitiveness of two federal Euro area countries, Belgium and Germany. Competitiveness is defined as the labor cost per unit of output and hence takes into account productivity differences. Analyzing regional competitiveness is important because of the regional concentration in economic activity, the unequal spatial development of regions within countries and the increased importance of regional policy both at the EU as at the national level.

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  • Joep Konings & Luca Marcolin, 2011. "The competitiveness of regions. A comparison between Belgian and German regions," Working Papers of VIVES - Research Centre for Regional Economics 16, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), VIVES - Research Centre for Regional Economics.
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    1. Jozef Konings & Luca Marcolin, 2014. "Do wages reflect labor productivity? The case of Belgian regions," IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-21, December.
    2. Gabor Bekes & Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, 2015. "Micro-founded measurement of regional competitiveness in Europe," CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS 1525, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.

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