Transport Availability vs. Development of Poland’s Regions

The article discusses the issue of transport availability, taking into account road and rail infrastructure, as compared with socio-economic development in specific regions of Poland. The issue is studied from the theoretical and empirical point of view. The nature of the of the research is to use o...

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Main Authors: Ewa Kusideł, Joanna Górniak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2012-12-01
Series:Comparative Economic Research
Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/CER/article/view/6830
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Summary:The article discusses the issue of transport availability, taking into account road and rail infrastructure, as compared with socio-economic development in specific regions of Poland. The issue is studied from the theoretical and empirical point of view. The nature of the of the research is to use of existing methods for new dataset, namely the transport development level is estimated based on a composite indicator of development and degree of convergence among regions is estimated using classical regional convergence tests. The main goal of the study is to assess the degree of transport availability diversification among regions (voivodships) of Poland in comparison with their socio-economic development. The hypothesis assumes that there is strong correlation between transport availability and development of the regions and therefore similarity in the convergence inference.
ISSN:1508-2008
2082-6737