Industrial Concentration Patterns of the European Union

Journal title SCIENZE REGIONALI
Author/s Maria Tsiapa
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/3
Language English Pages 29 P. 5-33 File size 888 KB
DOI 10.3280/SCRE2014-003001
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The analysis of concentration patterns at both the national and the regional levels in the European Union (EU) initially reveals contradictory results of concentration and deconcentration trends. However, these industrial concentration trends in the two spatial dimensions are, in essence, complementary, because further analysis indicates that industrial activities continue to move towards the most dynamic countries but not towards the same powerful regions. This outcome is verified by an econometric approach which, by studying the EU-15 and new EU member states, aims to reveal the characteristics of two deviated productive systems and two different levels of maturity. The empirical analysis shows the existence of a non-monotonic relation between concentration and integration. .

Keywords: Industrial concentration, EU-15, New EU Member States

Jel codes: C23, F20, L60.

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Maria Tsiapa, Industrial Concentration Patterns of the European Union in "SCIENZE REGIONALI " 3/2014, pp 5-33, DOI: 10.3280/SCRE2014-003001