The paper analyses the determinants and the evolution of income disparities across regions within Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) over 1991–2011. We add to the literature in different ways. First, we adapt the categories that Rodriguez‐Pose used for studying convergence among old EU members to CEECs regions. This allows us to assess the relevance of geo‐sectoral groups (urban areas, old industrialized areas and peripheral areas) for newcomer regions. Second, we introduce a new category, that of ‘successful Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)‐based restructuring’ in order to capture regions that, often through considerable FDI, manage to reconvert their old industrial base. We then analyze whether this group helps understand catching‐up/falling behind processes in CEECs. We test the relevance of these groups by means of both non‐parametric and spatial regression analyses. We find that they help explain the increase in within‐countries’ regional disparities especially after the turn of the century.

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解释中欧和东欧的地区差异

本文分析了1991-2011年中欧和东欧国家（CEEC）区域间收入差异的决定因素和演变。我们以不同的方式添加文献。首先，我们将罗德里格斯·珀斯（Rodriguez-Pose）用于研究欧盟老成员国与CEEC地区趋同的类别进行调整。这使我们能够评估地理部门群体（城市地区，旧工业化地区和周边地区）与新移民地区的相关性。其次，我们引入了一个新类别，即“基于成功的外国直接投资（FDI）的重组”，以捕获通常通过大量FDI设法改造其旧工业基础的地区。然后，我们分析该小组是否有助于了解CEEC中的追赶/落后流程。我们通过非参数和空间回归分析来检验这些群体的相关性。我们发现，它们帮助解释了国家内部区域差异的加剧，特别是在世纪之交之后。