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| Spacek, David. |
| Public administration has been influencing society and individual citizens (or just "people”) since its beginning. In the theoretical or rhetorical as well as practical level, administrative activities were exercised in the way that can be described by principles in the most general (abstract) level. In relation to the values of democracy, the principles that may enhance the participation – it means the democratic character – of decision/policy making should be stressed. Although they may be explicit or implicit part of constitutional document, there practice is often very young and therefore it may be insufficient. The utilization of foreign top-down and bottom-up experience and – particularly with regards to the European integration – the cross-boarder... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Public administration; European integration; DEMO-net; Czech Republic; Political Economy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58914 |
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| Niebuhr, Annekatrin. |
| A basic result of new economic geography (NEG) models is that the proximity to consumer markets impacts wages and employment within regions. The ongoing process of European integration, being targeted on the reduction of barriers to trade and factor mobility, has presumably changed relative market access in Europe. The present paper aims at providing some evidence on spatial effects of integration released by declining border impediments and changing market potentials. The analysis departs from a three-region economic geography model. We focus on the impact of integration on European border regions and the question whether they realise above average integration benefits. The empirical analysis concerns integration effects in the EU15 regions arising from a... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: New economic geography; Market access; European integration; Border regions; International Relations/Trade; C21; F15; R12. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26196 |
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| Aiginger, Karl; Davies, Stephen W.. |
| Some recent studies have shown that specialisation of countries has tended to increase, while regional concentration of countries has tended to decrease. This seems to be counterintuitive at first glance. In this paper, we use the entropy index - as the indicator of structural change with the neatest aggregation properties to show how this divergence can happen. The main purpose of the paper is methodological, but we also apply the methodology to a specific case study: Manufacturing in the European Union since 1985. We confirm for this interesting period that increasing industrial specialisation has been offset by faster growth in the smaller Member States, with the net effect that industries have become somewhat less geographically concentrated. In terms... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Structural change; Geographical concentration; Industrial specialisation; European integration; Entropy; F02; F15; L60. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37627 |
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