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DOI 10.1080/00343404.2018.1476754
Licence creative commons licence
Title (Primary) State rescaling and economic convergence
Author Mykhnenko, V.; Wolff, M.
Source Titel Regional Studies
Year 2019
Department SUSOZ
Volume 53
Issue 4
Page From 462
Page To 477
Language englisch
Supplements https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/11822981
Keywords rescaling, urban, regional, convergence, cohesion, Europe JEL: O18, O47, P16, R12
Abstract This paper critically engages with State/Space theory by interrogating the soundness of its fundamental assumptions regarding the rescaling of capitalism and by questioning the validity of its proposition about ever-rising spatial imbalances and economic divergence in post-1970s’ Europe. The paper employs descriptive, cartographic and econometric analysis of the regional and urban growth data covering 28 European Union countries and 11 major OECD and BRICS economies. The vast volume of multi-scalar evidence presented here cannot substantiate the central rescaling hypothesis about Europe’s increasing spatial disparities. A set of alternative explanations is proposed to account for the reported European economic convergence trends.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=21642
Mykhnenko, V., Wolff, M. (2019):
State rescaling and economic convergence
Reg. Stud. 53 (4), 462 - 477 10.1080/00343404.2018.1476754