Interactions between Regional Competitiveness and Territorial Disparities

Abstract

The goal of this study is to review and synthesize the different views of the main economic schools in connection with mitigation of regional disparities, spatial competition, regional competitiveness and theoretical region types. Based on different economic premises different hypotheses will be formulated and also different conclusions will accordingly be arrived at within regional science about how to create cohesion between regions subject to different conditions and of various state of development. We believe that even though we get different results based on different theoretical economic backgrounds and models, due to the inter- disciplinary character of regional science, this will not question the adequacy of our science, but rather it draws attention to its being multi-faceted and problem-sensitive.