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Regional Science in Germany - From the Beginnings to the Present -.- 1 The Early Roots.- 2 The "Quantum Leap" to Regional Science.- 3 The Main Fields of Emphasis in German Regional Research.- 4 Regional Science at the Time of the IfR's Foundation.- 5 Regional Development with Changing Perspectives.- 6 Current Challenges to Regional Science.- 7 European Economic and Monetary Union.- 8 Deepening and Widening the EU.- 9 New Visions.- Economic Integration and the Space Economy: Lessons from New Theory.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Growth Theory.- 2.1 What is the Novelty of New Growth Theory?.- 2.2 New Growth Theory and Dynamic Integration Effects.- 3 Location Theory.- 3.1 Old Location Theory.- 3.2 New Location Theory.- 3.3 New Location Theory and Spatial Integration Effects.- 3.4 Regional Policy Lessons from New Location Theory.- 4 Final Remarks.- Testing Models, Describing Reality or Neither? Convergence and Divergence of Regional Growth Rates in Europe during the 1980s.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Convergence/Divergence Debate.- 3 Test or Measure?.- 4 The Present Approach.- 5 The Definition of Region.- 6 The Model.- 7 The Results.- 8 Discussion and Conclusions.- The Regional Economic Structure of the European Union: an Analysis of Long-Term Developments.- 1 Introduction, Summary and Conclusions.- 2 Simple Indicators.- 2.1 Employment Growth by Branch for the Whole of the EU.- 2.2 Regional Distribution of Branch Activity.- 2.3 Branch Structure of Regional Economies.- 3 Composite Indicators.- 3.1 Convergence or Divergence?.- 3.2 Regional Patterns.- 3.3 Branch Patterns.- 4 Ways of Improvement.- The Role of the Regions in the European Union - The Future of the Committee of the Regions.- 1 Abstract.- 2 Introduction.- 3 Evolution of EU Regional Policy.- 4 Regional Policy of the European Union.- 5 Regional Policy or a Policy of the Regions.- 6 The Committee of the Regions.- 7 Other Forms of Regional Participation.- 8 The Future of the Committee of the Regions.- 9 The Future Role of the Regions.- Regional Policy and Federalism in the Process of International Integration.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Internationalisation Process of Firms.- 3 The Microeconomic Characteristics of a Network.- 4 Federalism and a New "Market Oriented" Regional Industrial Policy.- 4.1 The Aims and Instruments of a Modern Regional Industrial Policy.- 4.2 The Principle of Functional Subsidiarity and of Public-Private Cooperation.- 5 Federalism and the Network Paradigm.- 5.1 The Reasons for Decentralisation.- 5.2 An Organisational and Institutional Perspective to Federalism.- 5.3 The Limits of the Principle of Subsidiarity.- 5.4 Regional and National Identities and Interregional Solidarity.- 6 Conclusions.- Inequalities and Mobility in the Danish Welfare State.- 1 Summary.- 2 Small Differences.- 3 The Development.- 4 Localization and Commuting.- 5 Concentration of Trade and Industry.- 6 Regression Analysis of Geographic Patterns.- 7 Conclusion.- Considering Regional Effects of Transport Infrastructure Investments in Privately Financed Projects.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Public and Private Interest in the Transport Infrastructure.- 3 Need for Private Investment Capital.- 4 The Conventional Scheme of Planning Large Infrastructure Projects.- 5 Alternative Schemes for the Planning Process and for the Investment Appraisal.- 6 Assessment of Regional Effects.- 6.1 Infrastructure as a Production Factor.- 6.2 Evaluation of Regional Benefits of the Transport Infrastructure in the BVWP.- 6.3 Macroeconomic Approach to Estimate the Overall Effects of Infrastructure Investment.- 6.4 Critical Remarks.- 7 Project Appraisal and the Financing Scheme.- 8 Conclusion.- Institute for Regional Research Publications since 1993.