Blue Banana dynamics and the perspective of its edges

Luigi Capoani; Csaba Lakócai; Cristoforo Imbesi; Violetta Van Veen

doi:10.18778/1231-1952.31.2.02

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Luigi Capoani University of Trieste, Department of Economics, Business, Mathematics and Statistics (DEAMS) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7354-9748
Csaba Lakócai HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of World Economics in Budapest https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3572-9152
Cristoforo Imbesi European Youth Think Tank in Strasbourg https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4500-472X
Violetta Van Veen London School of Economics and Political Science https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2402-980X

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.31.2.02

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blue banana, Northern Italy, Brexit, European integration, NUTS 2 regions

Abstract

This paper investigates the positioning of the UK and Northern Italy within the Blue Banana, which the literature considers as the productive core of Europe. We compare the main economic characteristics of the two regions with the rest of the Blue Banana by analysing several indicators, ranging from urbanisation and infrastructure development to unemployment, productivity, competitiveness, and attractiveness. Based on our findings, in terms of population, urbanisation, and infrastructure, the Blue Banana and the two edges are still an integral part of Europe’s core. However, in terms of employment structure, productivity, competitiveness and attractiveness, its significance can be questioned due to the weaker performance of Northern Italy and the negative effects of Brexit.

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