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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| author | Cristina Brasili Francesca Bruno Annachiara Saguatti |
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| description | 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 among EU regions is affected by polarization into two clusters defined both on a geographical and economic criterion, which converge at different rates towards different steady states. This result confirms the hypothesis that a methodology which uses spatial econometric techniques is needed to model spatial effects, and that otherwise the estimates are likely to be inefficient or even biased. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffb38408371141d6b2bad010a25cf3312022-12-22T03:20:42ZengUniversity of BolognaStatistica0390-590X1973-22012013-05-0172329931610.6092/issn.1973-2201/36493395A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical peripheryCristina Brasili0Francesca Bruno1Annachiara Saguatti2Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaAlma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaAlma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaA 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 among EU regions is affected by polarization into two clusters defined both on a geographical and economic criterion, which converge at different rates towards different steady states. This result confirms the hypothesis that a methodology which uses spatial econometric techniques is needed to model spatial effects, and that otherwise the estimates are likely to be inefficient or even biased.http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3649 |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Brasili Francesca Bruno Annachiara Saguatti A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery Statistica |
| title | A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery |
| title_full | A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery |
| title_fullStr | A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery |
| title_full_unstemmed | A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery |
| title_short | A spatial econometric approach to EU regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery |
| title_sort | spatial econometric approach to eu regional disparities between economic and geographical periphery |
| url | http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3649 |
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