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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2029-9370</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-9370</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>KU</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">12_SNEIDERIENE</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v15i1.986</article-id>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Regiono ekonominio augimo vertinimo metodologinės problemos</article-title>
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      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="Author">
          <name>
            <surname>Šneiderienė</surname>
            <given-names>Agnė</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:a.sneideriene@yahoo.com">a.sneideriene@yahoo.com</email>
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        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_000">Klaipėda University</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="Author">
          <name>
            <surname>Juščius</surname>
            <given-names>Vytautas</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:ek.smf@ku.lt">ek.smf@ku.lt</email>
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        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_001">Klaipėda University</aff>
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      <volume>15</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>134</fpage>
      <lpage>146</lpage>
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        <p>The importance of regional economic growth is emphasized in many countries and their regional policy documents. This issue is emphasized also by many researchers. D. Genaro and E. Melchor (2010) state that by the time of A. Smith, economists started to focus on a problem of economic growth. According to the authors, in recent years, economists have moved from economic interest in the operating cycle analysis to the medium and long-term revenue growth influencing factors analysis. This analysis is very important because as stated by L. Ayala and A. Jurado (2011), many countries or regions economic growth reduces poverty indicators; inequalities reduction is encouraging by policy measures. Despite ongoing national regional policy programs or the Structural Funds of the European Union or the Structural Funds, significant regional differences still exists. There must be emphasized the fact that in theories of regional development a lot of attention are paid on focus what conditions are favorable for creating economic growth in the region. There are focused on modernization of the economical sectors and international business development. The new models of regional development theories visible bring together economic, management and other modern concepts of social integration.</p>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>regions</kwd>
        <kwd>regional economic growth</kwd>
        <kwd>economic growth models</kwd>
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