Abstract
In the last decade, regional issues have gradually moved into the centre-stage of the debate on economic integration and international trade in Europe. The fading influence of the nation-state goes together with a transfer of sovereignty to the European level combined with a renewed interest in the region as a relevant economic unit.
I am grateful to P. Friedrich and to the participants in the Eleventh Advanced Studies Summer Institute in Regional Science. This research was made possible by NFWO onderzoeks-programma G.0133.96: “Een Lange-Termijn Analyse van het Concurrentievermogen van de Belgische Economie ten opzichte van de Buurlanden, 1900-2000”.
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Abraham, F. (2000). Regional Competition in the European Union. In: Batey, P.W.J., Friedrich, P. (eds) Regional Competition. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04234-2_12
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