Recent development and spatial differentiation of industry in Serbia - a quantitative analysis

In comparison to most of the other former socialist countries, Serbia has started its transition into market-economy with delay. One of the results of economic change of the 1990s, the break-up of Yugoslavia, manifold discontinuities in a geopolitical sense, international isolation etc. is a massive de-industrialisation and a loss of employment accordingly. The paper on hand shows, with a quantitative approach of spatial analysis, the regional differentiation of this rapid change which is radical particularly in regions where alternatives for employment are lacking