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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.26,Issue6,P.1099-1120

语言

英文

关键字

Regional resilience; path-dependence; productivity; sectoral transformations; EU regions; ECONOMIC RESILIENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; ITALIAN REGIONS; CATCH-UP; CRISIS; CONVERGENCE; INDUSTRIES; EFFICIENCY

作者单位

[Tsiapa, Maria; Kallioras, Dimitris] Univ Thessaly, Dept Planning & Reg Dev, PO 38334, Volos, Greece. [Tzeremes, Nickolaos G.] Univ Thessaly, Dept Econ, Lab Econ Policy & Strateg Planning, Volos, Greece. Tsiapa, M (reprint author), Univ Thessaly, Dept Planning & Reg Dev, PO 38334, Volos, Greece. E-Mail: mtsiapa@uth.gr

摘要

The paper studies the role of path-dependence in the resilience of EU regions. Particularly, employing a nonparametric analysis, the paper demonstrates that historical adjustments of EU regions materialized by productivity improvements, primarily in the manufacturing sector and incidentally in the sectors of construction, financial and non-market services, during the period 1995-2008 secured high(er) levels of regional resilience during the economic crisis period 2008-2013. Such a finding provides implications not only for theory but also for policy. Policies aiming at boosting regional productivity and competitiveness, which through a positive regional performance of high growth rates is concealed, a well-structured and robust production restructuring, might affect regional resilience in a way that shields regional economies not only from current imbalances but also from any future downturns.