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<p>From the perspective of the diversity of capitalism and that of economic sociology, the article deals with the issue of center-peripheral relations as one of the key dimensions of economic diversification that determines the development opportunities of the European Union. The collapse of the convergence processes during the 2008–2010 financial crisis revealed the separateness of development trajectories of various countries and geographical regions of the EU. Without reversing this phenomenon and working out new mechanisms of development convergence and institutions supporting them, the process of European integration will enter further structural crises that may lead to the disintegration of the EU. Various classifications of the core and of the peripheries of the euro area are characterized, within which several types of countries are identified with different economic characteristics (countries of the Northern core and of the Southern peripheries of the euro area, different types of peripheries in Southern Europe and in Central and Eastern Europe, the internal core and the external core or the outer core, and the internal peripheries and the external peripheries, as well as the super-peripheries including candidates or potential candidates to join the EU). The COVID-19 crisis has an asymmetric impact on the economic situation of the Member States. As with other crises, this impact will be the result of the interconnection of the prior state of economies, structural differences in growth patterns, and responses to new challenges brought about by the pandemic. Also, the consequences of the pandemic for the reconfiguration of center-peripheral relations in the EU are discussed, with a particular focus on the CEE.</p>
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From the perspective of the diversity of capitalism and that of economic sociology, the article deals with the issue of center-peripheral relations as one of the key dimensions of economic diversification that determines the development opportunities of the European Union. The collapse of the convergence processes during the 2008–2010 financial crisis revealed the separateness of development trajectories of various countries and geographical regions of the EU. Without reversing this phenomenon and working out new mechanisms of development convergence and institutions supporting them, the process of European integration will enter further structural crises that may lead to the disintegration of the EU. Various classifications of the core and of the peripheries of the euro area are characterized, within which several types of countries are identified with different economic characteristics (countries of the Northern core and of the Southern peripheries of the euro area, different types of peripheries in Southern Europe and in Central and Eastern Europe, the internal core and the external core or the outer core, and the internal peripheries and the external peripheries, as well as the super-peripheries including candidates or potential candidates to join the EU). The COVID-19 crisis has an asymmetric impact on the economic situation of the Member States. As with other crises, this impact will be the result of the interconnection of the prior state of economies, structural differences in growth patterns, and responses to new challenges brought about by the pandemic. Also, the consequences of the pandemic for the reconfiguration of center-peripheral relations in the EU are discussed, with a particular focus on the CEE.

The coronavirus and center-peripheral relations in the economies of the European Union

International Journal of Management and Economics

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From the perspective of the diversity of capitalism and that of economic sociology, the article deals with the issue of center-peripheral relations as one of...

	EU member states		Candidate states or prospective candidates

	Core	Peripheries
Euro area (19 states)	Internal core: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany.	Internal peripheries: Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Italy.
States outside the euro area (8 states)	External core: Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, and Sweden.	External peripheries Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Hungary.	Super-peripheries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia.

The coronavirus and center-peripheral relations in the economies of the European Union

Article Category: Conceptual Paper

Pubblicato online: 30 set 2022

Pagine: 235 - 247

Ricevuto: 12 ott 2021

Accettato: 01 set 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2022-0017

Parole chiave
The impact of the pandemic on the economic future of the EU, center-peripheral relations in the EU, the diversity of the trajectories of capitalism development in Europe, similarities and differences of the EU peripheries, new classifications of the core and of the peripheries

© 2022 Krzysztof Jasiecki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Classification of the European core and peripheries of the economy (2020)

The coronavirus and center-peripheral relations in the economies of the European Union

Article Category: Conceptual Paper

Pubblicato online: 30 set 2022

Pagine: 235 - 247

Ricevuto: 12 ott 2021

Accettato: 01 set 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2022-0017

Parole chiaveThe impact of the pandemic on the economic future of the EU, center-peripheral relations in the EU, the diversity of the trajectories of capitalism development in Europe, similarities and differences of the EU peripheries, new classifications of the core and of the peripheries

© 2022 Krzysztof Jasiecki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Classification of the European core and peripheries of the economy (2020)

Parole chiave
The impact of the pandemic on the economic future of the EU, center-peripheral relations in the EU, the diversity of the trajectories of capitalism development in Europe, similarities and differences of the EU peripheries, new classifications of the core and of the peripheries