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The Regional Dimension in European Public Policy

Convergence or Divergence?

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  • © 1999

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  1. Reiner Martin
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 1-4

  3. Regional Convergence or Divergence in the European Union?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. European Economic Integration and the Growth of Regional Heterogeneity

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 7-18

    3. Economic Theory and the Convergence versus Divergence Debate

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 19-40

    4. Regional Convergence within the EU: an Empirical Analysis

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 41-68

  4. European Regional Policy and the Problem of Policy Co-ordination

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-70
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    2. The Regional Policy of the European Union

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 71-100

    3. National and European Regional Policy: an Uneasy Relationship

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 101-119

    4. Human Capital Investments and Cohesion: the Case of R&D Policy

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 120-140

    5. Transport Infrastructure Policies

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 141-162

    6. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

      • Reiner Martin
      Pages 163-170

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 171-197
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This book analyses EU regional policy and its co-ordination with other European and national public policies, namely investment grants, research and development policy and transport policy. The analysis identifies shortcomings within EU regional policy as well as co-ordination, problems with other public policies.

About the author

Reiner Martin, born 1966 in Konstanz, Germany, is an economist with the German Federal Economics Ministry. He holds an MSc in domestic politics and foreign policy from the University of Bristol, an MA in international economics from the University of Sussex and a PhD from the Universität der Bundeswehr in Hamburg. Before joining the Economics Ministry he was Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, and Researcher at the HWWA-Institute for Economic Research, Hamburg.

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