Η αποτίμηση της ανθεκτικότητας των περιφερειών των χωρών του Ευρωπαϊκού νότου έπειτα από την έναρξη της οικονομικής κρίσης: Μια συγκριτική ανάλυση

Abstract

The current economic crisis has had a deep impact on the regional economies across the EU, leading to adverse economic and social results as well as to the postponement of the regional convergence. However, the consequences of the crisis were spatially uneven. The present paper tries to examine the consequences of the current economic crisis to the regions of Southern Europe for the period of 2008-2013, using a series of economic, social and demographic variables. Moreover, it attempts to determine in what degree did inequalities grow or were reduced during the crisis and also tries to identify common models of resilience among these regions. The notion of resilience in particular, is a relatively new field of study in the regional science and provides a framework of explanations for the way regions react to the various and frequent crises of the globalized economy. The results of this paper feature the differences in the consequences of the crisis as well as the importance of regional policy to the process of the return of regions to economic growth.