| Period | 2000-2004 |
| Project type | EU research grant (RTN) |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Units involved | Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, ECARES (Bruxelles), CORE (Louvain), CESAR (Paris), Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv), Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Università di Sassari |
| Project coordinator | Lucrezia Reichlin (ECARES, Bruxelles) |
| RECent members involved | Graziella Bertocchi (local coordinator), Mario Forni, Luca Gambetti, Marina Murat, Sergio Paba, Barbara Pistoresi, Chiara Strozzi |
Specialization versus diversification: the microeconomics of regional development and the spatial propagation of macroeconomic shocks in Europe