The Findings: Dependent Variables

Robert Leonardi
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Robert Leonardi: London School of Economics and Political Science

Chapter 4 in Convergence, Cohesion and Integration in the European Union, 1995, pp 86-140 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The aim of the this chapter is to undertake a systematic analysis of the dynamic of convergence at the regional level by looking in greater detail at the actual empirical changes that have taken place over time. Defining the dependent variables was handicapped by a lack of adequate data over an extended period of time. As a consequence only two indicators could be used: per capita GDP at market prices and exchange rates was tracked from 1970 to 1991; and data on per capita purchasing-power standards (PPS) was analysed over an equivalent twenty-one year period. Most of the longitudinal empirical studies conducted on core—periphery relations in Europe have used the same dependent variables, while Molle, van Holst and Smit (1980), Biehl, Hussmann and Schnyder (1971) and Bairoch (1976) built their dependant variable on per capita GDP expressed in US dollars.1

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Index Score; Foreign Investment; Regional Economy; Lorenz Curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230372788_4

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