Globalization and Regional Growth in Europe

After a description of the new forms of globalization currently shaping our world, and of their possible spatial effects, the book highlights which European regions have in the past succeeded in taking advantage of globalization trends and identifies the major reasons for their success. The book also offers a prospective analysis utilizing scenarios based on different assumptions of how globalization trends will develop, identifying the regional winners and losers for each scenario. The analysis greatly benefits from a unique database which contains, among others, data on FDI by sector and professions at the regional Nuts-2 level for all 27 EU countries. A time-span of more than 10 years is covered, and scenarios are developed for the future development up to 2020.

Roberta Capello is full professor of regional economics at Politecnico di Milano and president of the Regional Science Association International. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics obtained at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1993.

Ugo Fratesi is associate professor of regional and urban economics at thePolitecnico di Milano since December, 2010. He is member of the editorial boardand book review editor of the Italian Journal of Regional Science since 2008. Heis treasurer and member of the Council of the Italian Section of the RegionalScience Association International (AISRe). He is author of two books and severalpapers published in refereed journals in the field of regional economics, especiallyon the themes of regional growth, disparities, and policy.

Laura Resmini is associate professor of Economic policy at the University of Valle d'Aosta, senior researcher at ISLA, Centre for Latin American and Transition Country Studies at Bocconi University (Milan).