Essays about: "Macro-region"

Found 5 essays containing the word Macro-region.

  1. 1. Regional Differences in Returns to Education : An Analysis of the Italian Case from 1995 to 2014

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : RoxanaMaria Lungu; [2017]
    Keywords : Human Capital; Education; Earnings; Regional Effect; Mincer Equation; Italy;

    Abstract : Return to education and regional differences have been amply studied in the literature, in particular by Human Capital and New Economic Geography studies. A combination of both these perspectives was not examined in the case of Italy regarding the North vs. South gap. READ MORE

  3. 2. THE ALPINE REGION: UNDERSTANDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGION THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INSTITUTIONALISATION

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Iuliia Kauk; [2015]
    Keywords : Institutionalisation; macroregionalisation; macro-regions; re-scaling; regionalism; regionalisation; region.;

    Abstract : In the context of regionalism and regionalisation, the notion of a region holds sway. Discussions around the topic of how spatial entities defined as ‘regions’ form, evolve, develop, become institutionalised and sometimes stabilized have been active and profound over the last forty years. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Baltic Sea Region City System : The Position of Warsaw

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Zofia Makowska; [2014]
    Keywords : city system; hierarchy of cities; metropolitan functions; Baltic Sea Region; Warsaw;

    Abstract : Due to contemporary globalisation processes cities become major concentrations of power, both political and economical. Those best developed become leading actors in the global economy and constitute the highest level of the global urban system. This thesis concentrates on a lower level of the urban system, less oriented towards the global economy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Macro-regions in the global cloud of trust. A study of competitive identity creation within the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Egle Maliukeviciute; [2013]
    Keywords : EUSBSR; branding; macro-regions; Competitiveness; Baltic Sea Region BSR ; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With a new regionalisation process in Europe a number of macro-regions are appearing. The same as countries or cities, macro-regions aim at developing or increasing the competitiveness in the global markets not only for products or funds, but also for ideas, influence and reputation, for trust and attention. READ MORE

  6. 5. Who Governs the Macro-Region? A Study of Power Relations within the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emmy Harlid; [2012]
    Keywords : EU; Power; Governance; EUSBSR; Macro-region; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The first European macro-regional strategy, the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) was launched in 2009. The EUSBSR has been a role model for other macro-regions in the EU, which makes it relevant to study from a governance perspective. READ MORE