期刊名称：Annals of the University of Oradea : Economic Science
印刷版ISSN：1222-569X
电子版ISSN：1582-5450
出版年度：2016
卷号：25
期号：1
页码：103-111
语种：German
出版社：University of Oradea
摘要：The crisis has led to significant regional disparities, or at least to stopping the phenomenon of convergence observed before its outbreak. The poor performances of the five of the Romanian development regions put into question again the proper way to refer to this subject. This paper aims to critically analyse the measuring of regional competitiveness as it is revealed in literature and in the empirical studies. In order to achieve this goal, the paper brings forward some questions: What is regional competitiveness and how can someone measure the phenomenon? Is GDP per capita telling the whole story about regional competitiveness? What are the main factors explaining the differences in competitiveness for the Romanian regions? The methodology used is both qualitative and quantitative. It is based on critical analysis of the concept of 'sregional competitiveness' and of its estimation methods. Also, we will conduct a comparative analysis for estimation of regional competitiveness in Romania, using two different methods: regional competitiveness index developed by European Commission in 2011 and improved in 2013 (RCI 2013) and GDP per capita in 2013. The data are collected from Eurostat. We underline the fact that there is no complete measure of regional competitiveness which covers all the factors involved in describing regional competitiveness. Also, the paper aims to conclude that GDP per capita is not a sufficient tool to draw proper conclusion about regional competitiveness. Some qualitative and circumstantial factors are more appropriate to explain the differences in competitiveness results. The main conclusion is that a competitiveness index embraces more factors than purely economic aspects and it can be considered as a measure of regional competitiveness which goes beyond GDP. Through its value added, the paper may contribute to better understanding of the methods of measuring regional competitiveness and to avoid that the errors from theory could translate into practice.
