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Abstract
Two geographers utilize market potential and aggregate travel models to assess the relative market accessibility between: (a) selected regions within the European Union and (b) regions in five emerging free-market countries in East-Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia). Population size and GDP are used as indicators of regional attraction and passenger rail times between regional urban centers as one measure of intervening distance. Results of the investigation provide an indication of which regions in the European Union and East-Central Europe may benefit most from expanded trade and increasing economic integration within a future EU framework. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: F10, F14, F15. 8 figures, 5 tables, 46 references.