期刊名称：DIW Diskussionspapiere / Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
出版社：Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
摘要：Trade theory and economic geography suggest that the removal of trade barriers
is likely to bring about more economic specialisation and potentially more
diverse development paths between countries and regions. Thus, the deepening and
extending European integration should be accompanied by an increasing regional
specialisation. In contrast, our results for the period from 1995 to 2004 show
considerably declining differences in the share of manufacturing in total value
added across nations and regions of the EU. The decrease in sectoral
specialisation is accompanied by a strong and almost uniform process of
deindustrialisation. However, this trend is slowing down and manufacturing
shares appear to be gradually approaching lower limits. These bounds are
specific according to national affiliation and settlement types of regions.
