CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

The work presents the analysis of per capita GDP in the selected area of eight European countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) in two periods: 2000-2004 and 2005-2011, i.e. before and after their accession to the European Union. It was expe...

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Main Authors: Joanna Maria Górna, Karolina Maria Górna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2014-05-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/278
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description The work presents the analysis of per capita GDP in the selected area of eight European countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) in two periods: 2000-2004 and 2005-2011, i.e. before and after their accession to the European Union. It was expected that accession to the EU would improve living conditions and would raise the pace of steady economic growth rate in those countries. It would enable the diminution of differences of income levels in the countries. The aim of the analysis is to investigate whether the phenomena of convergence or divergence of per capita GDP across the established regions according to the European classification system NUTS-2 have occurred in the periods considered. In the investigation some methods and models offered by the spatial statistics and econometrics will be used. Choosing the methodology was motivated by the hypothesis that the growth rate of any region is connected with the growth rates of its neighbors. Thus, the conception of economic convergence of the regions of the established area in the context of spatial connections is analyzed. The spatial trends and spatial autocorrelation of the GDP are considered. The changes in time of the spatial tendencies and dependence are analyzed as well. The main tools used in the investigation are the spatial cross-sectional data models and the spatial panel models of β-convergence. The data related to the established regions was taken from the database released by Eurostat (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/).
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spelling doaj.art-620c4f5954184d37abd7c25ef1c979792022-12-22T02:25:08ZengLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica0208-60182353-76632014-05-016308175CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNIONJoanna Maria Górna0Karolina Maria Górna1Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych i Zarządzania.Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych i Zarządzania.The work presents the analysis of per capita GDP in the selected area of eight European countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) in two periods: 2000-2004 and 2005-2011, i.e. before and after their accession to the European Union. It was expected that accession to the EU would improve living conditions and would raise the pace of steady economic growth rate in those countries. It would enable the diminution of differences of income levels in the countries. The aim of the analysis is to investigate whether the phenomena of convergence or divergence of per capita GDP across the established regions according to the European classification system NUTS-2 have occurred in the periods considered. In the investigation some methods and models offered by the spatial statistics and econometrics will be used. Choosing the methodology was motivated by the hypothesis that the growth rate of any region is connected with the growth rates of its neighbors. Thus, the conception of economic convergence of the regions of the established area in the context of spatial connections is analyzed. The spatial trends and spatial autocorrelation of the GDP are considered. The changes in time of the spatial tendencies and dependence are analyzed as well. The main tools used in the investigation are the spatial cross-sectional data models and the spatial panel models of β-convergence. The data related to the established regions was taken from the database released by Eurostat (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/).https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/278Konwergencjadywergencja gospodarczatrend przestrzennyprzestrzenna autokorelacjaprzestrzenny model ekonometryczny.
spellingShingle Joanna Maria Górna
Karolina Maria Górna
CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
Konwergencja
dywergencja gospodarcza
trend przestrzenny
przestrzenna autokorelacja
przestrzenny model ekonometryczny.
title CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
title_full CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
title_fullStr CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
title_full_unstemmed CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
title_short CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE OF REGIONS OF MIDDLE-EAST EUROPE AFTER THEIR ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
title_sort convergence or divergence of regions of middle east europe after their accession to the european union
topic Konwergencja
dywergencja gospodarcza
trend przestrzenny
przestrzenna autokorelacja
przestrzenny model ekonometryczny.
url https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/278
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