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Quality of government cohesion across the EU regions: Success or Failure?

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We are pleased to announce the 2nd Seminar Series on Governance, Institutions, and Sustainability jointly hosted by the Centre for Political Economy and Institutional Studies and by the Birkbeck Responsible Business Centre, within the Birkbeck Business School.    


In our rapidly evolving world, the intricate web connecting governance, institutions, and sustainability has become increasingly prominent. We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners to enhance this very important debate and to join us in exploring the profound intertwining of these critical elements at our upcoming seminar series.  

 

Abstract 

Regional differences in institutions is a threat for political and economic harmonization. In this paper, we analyze the institutional convergence across the European Union (EU) regions. Preliminary results show that there is continuous improvement fostering institutional cohesion. However, heterogeneity analyses point-out that speed of institutional cohesion is influenced from the enlargement phases of the union. Additional results show that regions of the CEE countries and southern regions belonging to Greece and Spain realize faster institutional convergence. These results remind that enlargement process which fosters further heterogeneity stands as an important element to improve the institutional quality of the late EU members. However, temporal convergence patterns show that historically local convergence reshuffles which reminds the non-stationary evolution of success and failure cases.

 

Speaker

Burhan Can Karahasan (MEF University, Turkey)

 

Convener/Organiser: Dr Luca Andriani

 

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Speakers
  • Burhan Can Karahasan (MEF University, Turkey)