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Regional Studia, Vol. 38,9, pp, 1045-1067 , Deccrabcr 2004 Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Growth across the European Regions BEN GARDINER* , RON MARTIN f and PETER TYLER $ ^Cambridge Econometrics, Covent Garden, Cambridge CB1 2HS, UK. Email: bg@ •fDepartmetit of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK. Enuni: rlw I@cam.ac.uk iliDepartment of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, 19 Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EP, UK. Email: pt23@cam.ac.iik (Received February 2004 : in revised form July 2004) GARDINER B. , MARTI N R . and TYLE R P. (2004) Com pcti tivent-ss, pniductHvity and economic growth across the European regions. Regional Studies 38 , 1037—!U59. Duritig the last few years, there has been a significant interest by both academics and poUcy-niakers in the notion of regional conipetitiveiicK, Yet, despite the relative popularity ofth e term , there is a surprisingly lack of consensus about what is meant by the competitiveness of regions and cities. Th e paper discusses some ofth e key issues that arise in openitiotializin^ the concept and it focuses on the central relevance ot productivity in the debate about regional competitiveness, it then examines the pattern and dynanncs of regional productivity across the European Union (EU) including the new Central and East European Enlargement