Structural Dynamics and ‘Forward-Looking’ Regional Economic Resilience
Structural Dynamics and ‘Forward-Looking’ Regional Economic Resilience

Summary/Abstract: Building on the ongoing discussion, this paper introduces a new type of regional economic resilience, labelled as forward looking or anticipatory resilience. Further, it advocates that empirical research over this type of resilience can be fruitful, especially in Central and Eastern European countries. Using an example of Polish NUTS-3 regions, it is shown that intensive structural dynamics may have a detrimental impact on regional resistance to external shocks, but, if launched after the shock has occurred, a positive impact on the recovery might be achieved. Finally, the paper suggests paths along which the research can proceed and discusses the problem of operationalization.

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