Regional growth and convergence

Single Market Review:
During 1997 EUR-OP and Kogan Page have been progressively publishing the titles in the major new series Single Market Review. This is a set of thirty nine volumes detailing the results of an exercise undertaken by the European Commission in 1996 assessing the progress made in implementing the Single Market Programme (SMP). The thirty nine volumes look at specific business sectors or Single Market issues, plus a business survey. Each report has been compiled by leading subject experts and co-ordinated by the Commission.

The first titles published in the series were described in 'Recent publications of interest' in European Access, No.3, 5 and 6, 1997. Recently, there has been a positive flood of new titles, brief details of which are noted below.

European Commission, DG XV/II
Regional growth and convergence
The Single Market Review, Subseries VI:
Aggregate and Regional Impact, Vol.1
EC/Kogan Page, 1997
ISBN: 92-827-8806-7(EC)/ 0-7494-2338-2(Kogan Page)
EC, No.C1-72-96-001-EN-C
Price: € 48.00/ £40.00

This study examines the extent to which growth and economic convergence have been affected by the SMP. The study begins with a review of the theoretical and empirical literature. It then describes the historical trends in growth and convergence at the levels of the Member States and NUTS 2 regions of the EU. Econometric techniques are then applied to analyse these trends, looking for evidence of a change in behaviour since 1987.