期刊名称：IWH Diskussionspapiere / Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle
出版年度：2009
卷号：2009
出版社：Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle
摘要：The rising attention of politicians as well as scientists in the EU to the large urban agglomerations
as centres of economic growth is accompanied by political efforts to identify
and to demarcate such agglomerations under the label ¡®metropolitan regions¡¯. This
study develops a theoretical framework broaching the issue of cooperation between municipalities
from the perspective of regional economics as well as political science. The
framework is applied to the empirical case of the polycentric metropolitan region ¡®Saxony
Triangle¡¯ in East Germany. The results show that various intervening factors prevent
intense cooperation between the actors in the region. Policy implications and conclusions
for future research are discussed.
