A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery

A conditional β-convergence model and a distance-based weight matrix are used to analyse the economic convergence among European NUTS-2 regions over the period 1980-2006. A Spatial Autoregressive Model which identifies two spatial regimes and spatial dependence finds that the convergence process amo...

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Main Authors: Cristina Brasili, Francesca Bruno, Annachiara Saguatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2013-05-01
Series:Statistica
Online Access:http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3649