Wpływ statusu stolicy wojewódzkiej na rozwój miast – przypadek reform w latach 1975 i 1999 w Polsce
The Impact of Regional Capital Status on Development of Cities: The Case of the 1975 and 1999 Reforms in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Several theories of regional development (e.g. new economic geography) claim positive relationship between administrative status of capital cities and their economic and population growth. Availability of capital goods as well as direct and indirect demand generated by administrative institutions are among factors which accelerate development. However, most of empirical studies so far have concentrated either on national capitals or on federal states. In our article we conduct empirical tests comparing the impact of reforms implemented in 1975 and 1999 in Poland on the development of cities gaining or losing their regional capital functions. On the basis of those results the article indicates differences in impacts of both reforms and attempts to explain those differences.

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