Study of the Competitiveness of Regions based on a Cluster Analysis:
The Example of East Germany
The objective of the paper is to analyze whether some East German regions have already achieved the same economic capability as the regions in West Germany, so that they are on a competitive basis with the West German regions and are able to reach the same economic level in the long run.
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http://www.ersa.org/ersaconfs/ersa03/cdrom/papers/27.pdf