Atrakcyjność regionów a lokalizacja specjalnych stref ekonomicznych
Attractiveness of regions vs. location of special economic zones

Summary/Abstract: Special economic zones are means of interventionism which have been functioning since 1994 in Poland. They were established in order to restructure and reorganize backward regions which were facing a serious crisis after the transformation from centrally planned to market economy. With time, zones changed their main function and began being an inducement for investors. The research indicates that, more often, subzones are established in very attractive areas with a high level of development. The purpose of this article is to explain such a wide dispersion in the location of subzones of special economic zones in Poland and preliminary to show the effects for regions. The author uses the point method to rate the attractiveness of regions with agreed scale and parameters. Then, the results are compared. The study covers a situation in 2014 and evaluates voivodships in Poland with the subzones of special economic zones with emphasis on their locations.

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