 Regional and environmental effects of the EU enlargement and Euro zoneD Giannias and E Sfakianaki Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 2011, vol. 11, issue 2 Abstract: Awareness of regional economic disparities has been long established. It is clear that regional disparities still play an important role in quality of life. Particularly in Europe and in the European Union, extensive research has been boosted on regional disparities and how they are influenced by the economic integration and the Economic Monetary Union. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for regional classifications and rankings based on the development of environmental indices. This framework is being used to classify European Union countries according to the extent to which they are influenced by supply-side (producer) and demand-side (consumer) responses to their specific bundle of economic and environmental attributes. This classification provides information about the relative attractiveness to producers and consumers of the combination of economic and environmental attributes indigenous to each region. It can also assist on the regional and environmental policies of the European Union by proposing an appropriate mix of environmental and regional policies for each country under examination based on a number of characteristics (high productivity, low productivity, high amenity, low amenity). Date: 2011 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eaa:eerese:v:11:y2011:i:2_1 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies from Euro-American Association of Economic Development |
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