The geography of integration and regional growth in the EU
研究了欧盟贸易一体化模式在区域层面的不均衡性，以及由此导致的增长差异，发现外围地区与核心伙伴贸易时，一体化影响不对称，发展水平不同导致增长回报不均。
The paper investigates the unevenness in European Union (EU) trade integration patterns and the resulting growth asymmetries at the regional level. With the use of panel econometric models at the NUTS-II level based on a novel trade dataset, the analysis estimates the impact of trade integration on regional growth and the heterogeneous effects of different types of trade partners on peripheral regions. The results suggest that the impact of integration is asymmetric for peripheral regions trading with core EU trade partners, revealing that different development levels are associated with different types of integration and unequal growth returns.