Ports and regional development: A spatial analysis on a panel of European regions

Anna Bottasso, Maurizio Conti, Claudio Ferrari and Alessio Tei

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2014, vol. 65, issue C, 44-55

Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of port activities on local development for a sample of 621 TL-3 regions located in thirteen European countries and observed over the period 1998–2009. Using a spatial panel econometric framework which controls for spatial fixed effects, the paper provides an estimate of both the direct and indirect (i.e. spillover) effects associated to port activities. Results suggest that ports might have non-negligible effects on local GDP: interestingly, an important share of the effects takes place outside the region where the port is located.

Keywords: Port impact; Regional development; Port spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.04.006

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