Related variety and regional growth in Spain

Ron Boschma (), Asier Minondo () and Mikel Navarro

No 1012, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: This paper investigates whether related variety, among other types of spatial externalities, affected regional growth in Spain at the NUTS 3 level during the period 1995-2007. We found evidence that related variety matters for growth across regions, especially when measured with the assistance of the Porter's cluster classification and the proximity index proposed by Hidalgo et al.. That is, Spanish provinces with a range of industries that are technologically related tend to show higher economic growth rates, controlling for the usual suspects. We did not find, however, any evidence of regional growth effects that come from technologically related sectors imports.

Keywords: technological relatedness; related variety; regional branching; regional diversification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N94 O14 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2010-10, Revised 2010-10
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