Regional Industrial Policy in the Western Balkans: Neither Specialization nor Spatialization?
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This paper analyzes post-socialist industrial development and policy in the Western Balkans through the lens of its regional specialization and spatial concentration. Against a conceptual framework revolving around place-based industrial policy, and using the Concentration index (modified Herfindahl-Hirschman index) and location coefficients (Balassa index), a comparative analysis over three decades (1990–2020) highlights weak regional diversification and intra-regional integration of industrial activity. The findings offer a new industrial policy that transcends regional specialization and spatial concentration to address regional development, planning and governance. The concluding remarks reveal some basic paths toward effective and pro-European regional industrial policy in the Western Balkans.
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regional industrial development / industrial policy / regional specialization / spatial concentration / Western BalkansSource:
Eastern European Economics, 2023Publisher:
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200006 (Institute of Architecture and Regional and Urban Planning of Serbia, Belgrade) (RS-200006)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200090 (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture) (RS-200090)
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RAUmPlanTY - JOUR AU - Zeković, Slavka AU - Perić, Ana PY - 2023 UR - http://raumplan.iaus.ac.rs/handle/123456789/743 AB - This paper analyzes post-socialist industrial development and policy in the Western Balkans through the lens of its regional specialization and spatial concentration. Against a conceptual framework revolving around place-based industrial policy, and using the Concentration index (modified Herfindahl-Hirschman index) and location coefficients (Balassa index), a comparative analysis over three decades (1990–2020) highlights weak regional diversification and intra-regional integration of industrial activity. The findings offer a new industrial policy that transcends regional specialization and spatial concentration to address regional development, planning and governance. The concluding remarks reveal some basic paths toward effective and pro-European regional industrial policy in the Western Balkans. PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group T2 - Eastern European Economics T1 - Regional Industrial Policy in the Western Balkans: Neither Specialization nor Spatialization? DO - 10.1080/00128775.2023.2178936 ER -
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Zeković, S.,& Perić, A.. (2023). Regional Industrial Policy in the Western Balkans: Neither Specialization nor Spatialization?. in Eastern European Economics Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.. https://doi.org/10.1080/00128775.2023.2178936
Zeković S, Perić A. Regional Industrial Policy in the Western Balkans: Neither Specialization nor Spatialization?. in Eastern European Economics. 2023;. doi:10.1080/00128775.2023.2178936 .
Zeković, Slavka, Perić, Ana, "Regional Industrial Policy in the Western Balkans: Neither Specialization nor Spatialization?" in Eastern European Economics (2023), https://doi.org/10.1080/00128775.2023.2178936 . .