From 1980 to 2004 joining the European Union was quite popular among large sections of the populations in concerned countries. Portuguese, Greek and Spanish citizens regarded their countries’ ...
The definition of “empire” presupposes a relationship between a dominant core and peripheries. This talk turns the metropole into a conceptual and empirical puzzle, asking why, what, how and when ...
The impact of international trade is studied in a general equilibrium model in which firms engage in oligopolistic competition and linkage effects are present. Results are derived analytically. If ...
Regional inequality in a developing country amply demonstrates, from the dynamism creating core-periphery patterns, MyrdaVs 'backwash' effects upon the peripheral or dependent regions. The hypothesis ...
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The traditional distinction between the core and the periphery is becoming ...