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This book addresses recent trends in regional integration projects and the strides that such projects are making on the road toward globalization, focusing on a range of economic projects, emerging supranational units, and possible implications for future trends.

Based on the assumption that the economic integration process contributes, via market reforms, to the dynamics of the space distribution in candidate countries, this study examines (i) whether agglomeration forces or dispersion forces are dominant; (ii) whether EU-integration causes a structural break to the space distribution over time; (iii) whether EU-integration makes the city-size distribution more even or uneven in eight eastern European Union members (EU-8). To carry out the analysis, the Ziwot-Andrew and Cusum Square tests are used to detect structural breaks; the ARDL Bound test is used to reveal the interaction between long-run and short-run equilibrium; and the Granger test is used to determine the direction of the causality among the variables. The main results are: the integration with the EU (i) caused a structural break to the city-size distribution, (ii) made the city-size distribution more uneven and (iii) stimulated the agglomerating forces over the spreading forces in the EU-8.

Based on the assumption that the economic integration process contributes, via market reforms, to the dynamics of the space distribution in candidate countries, this study examines (i) whether agglomeration forces or dispersion forces are dominant; (ii) whether EU-integration causes a structural break to the space distribution over time; (iii) whether EU-integration makes the city-size distribution more even or uneven in eight eastern European Union members (EU–8). To carry out the analysis, the Ziwot-Andrew and Cusum Square tests are used to detect structural breaks; the ARDL Bound test is used to reveal the interaction between long-run and short-run equilibrium; and the Granger test is used to determine the direction of the causality among the variables. The main results are: the integration with the EU (i) caused a structural break to the city-size distribution, (ii) made the city-size distribution more uneven and (iii) stimulated the agglomerating forces over the spreading forces in the EU–8. ; Opierając się na założeniu, że proces integracji gospodarczej wpływa, poprzez reformy rynkowe, na dynamikę procesu kształtowania przestrzeni w krajach kandydujących, w niniejszym opracowaniu podjęto próbę udzielenia odpowiedzi na pytanie (i) czy dominujące są siły aglomeracyjne czy rozpraszające (ii) czy integracja z UE powoduje przerwy strukturalne w rozkładzie przestrzeni w czasie; (iii) czy integracja z UE powoduje bardziej równomierny czy nierównomierny rozkład wielkości miast w ośmiu wschodnich państwach członkowskich Unii Europejskiej (UE–8). W toku analizy wykorzystano test Zivota‑Andrewsa i test CUSUMSQ w celu zidentyfikowania przerw strukturalnych; test ARDL Bound posłużył do pokazania związku między równowagą długookresową i krótkookresową; test Grangera posłużył do określenia kierunku przyczynowości między zmiennymi. Główne wnioski z analizy: integracja z UE (i) spowodowała przerwę strukturalną w istniejącym rozkładzie wielkości miast, (ii) powiększyła nierównomierność rozkładu wielkości miast i (iii) spowodowała przewagę sił aglomeracyjnych nad siłami rozpraszającymi w państwach UE –8.

Although Turkey has historically concentrated its trade with the European Union (EU) it has diversified its trade markets with the neighbouring regions and different group of countries during the last decade. Among them, Arab countries have come into prominence. Especially, following the "zero problems with neighbours" policy (ZPN), pursued by Turkey since 2002, the trade volume with the Middle Eastern neighbours has increased faster than that with its traditional partners. Nevertheless so called "Arab Spring" has started to manifest its effects on this trend. It deteriorates not only the economies of the concerned countries but also Turkey's trade expansion. This paper aims: (i) to test through a gravity model the positive impacts of the ZPN policy and the negative impact of the Arab Spring on the trade expansion with the Spring Countries; and (ii) to reveal the positive impact of the policy change and the negative impact of the uprising movements on the realization of trade potential by Turkey in the Spring Countries.

This paper aims to reveal the eventual impacts of European Union (EU) membership process and other conventional factors on the city-size distribution of a candidate country (Turkey). I can state main results as follows: Analyzing from different estimation methods the direct effect of the EU reforms on agglomerating forces rather than congesting forces are revealed to be dominant for Turkey. However, the main impact of the EU membership process has positive but modest coefficient that indicate the weak willingness of the country for EU reforms.Keywords: Economic itegration, agglomeration, city-size distribution, EU, Turkey.JEL Classification: F15, F22, R12, R23

Although Turkey has historically concentrated its trade with the European Union (EU) it has diversified its trade markets with the neighbouring regions and different group of countries during the last decade. Among them, Arab countries have come into prominence. Especially, following the "zero problems with neighbours" policy (ZPN), pursued by Turkey since 2002, the trade volume with the Middle Eastern neighbours has increased faster than that with its traditional partners. Nevertheless so called "Arab Spring" has started to manifest its effects on this trend. It deteriorates not only the economies of the concerned countries but also Turkey's trade expansion. This paper aims: (i) to test through a gravity model the positive impacts of the ZPN policy and the negative impact of the Arab Spring on the trade expansion with the Spring Countries; and (ii) to reveal the positive impact of the policy change and the negative impact of the uprising movements on the realization of trade potential by Turkey in the Spring Countries.