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The geography of integration and regional growth in the EU

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The paper investigates the unevenness in European Union (EU) trade integration patterns and the resulting growth asymmetries at the regional level. With the use of panel econometric models at the NUTS-II level based on a novel trade dataset, the analysis estimates the impact of trade integration on regional growth and the heterogeneous effects of different types of trade partners on peripheral regions. The results suggest that the impact of integration is asymmetric for peripheral regions trading with core EU trade partners, revealing that different development levels are associated with different types of integration and unequal growth returns.

Source: Regional Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2534687

Authors: George Petrakos, Alexandra Sotiriou, Stavroula Alexiou

Institution: University of Thessaly

Language: English

Topic: Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Commission, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation