Erie, PA and Lublin, PL – Situational Economic Analysis of Sister Cities over the Last Twenty Years

Abstract

Erie, PA and Lublin, PL are sister cities. These cities share similar economic development patterns. Although there are similarities between past and current economic trajectories, the political economic background and history of these two cities is very different. The authors intend to develop a situational analysis of these two cities based on statistical evidence concerning past economic performance indicators. A brief introduction concerning overall economic developments which are a foundation of understanding past, present and future prosperity will be followed by the presentation of economic indicators from each of the two cities over the last twenty years.