Bulgarian and Romanian regions competitiveness: a synthetic overview

Eduard Marinov

Romanian Journal of Economics, 2016, vol. 42, issue 1(51), 12-35

Abstract: The Regional competitiveness index is the first measure of the degree of competitiveness at regional level covering all EU countries and their regions. The paper presents briefly the methodological frame of the RCI and then applies it to Bulgarian and Romanian NUTS 2 regions. The results achieved show the relative ranking of the two countries and their regions in the EU and allow for a broad comparison between them as well as for conclusions to be drawn about their strengths and weaknesses regarding the overall regional development and all 11 fields covered by the RCI.

Keywords: Regional development; Regional competitiveness index (RCI); Bulgarian and Romanian regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 R11 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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