The Impact of European Integration and Enlargement on Regional Structural Change and Cohesion

The overall scientific objective of this project was to identify and explain in a cross-country analysis the impact of deepening and widening of European integration on regional structural change and cohesion. Our contribution is threefold. First, we contribute to filling a gap in the literature by bringing novel empirical evidence on spatial implications of integration from EU-27 regions. Second, we use disaggregated national data sets including firm-level data and comparable EU-25 data sets. Third, this project has an European dimension and fostered the creation of an international research network on integration and regional structural change which has stimulated further research collaborations.