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

Cristina Brasili, Francesca Bruno and Annachiara Saguatti
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Cristina Brasili: Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche - Università di Bologna - Italy
Francesca Bruno: Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche - Università di Bologna - Italy
Annachiara Saguatti: Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche - Università di Bologna - Italy

Statistica, 2012, vol. 72, issue 3, 299-316

Abstract: A conditional ß-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.

Date: 2012
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