Degree of clusterization of regional economy and its export potential

Tomasz Brodzicki

No 1302, Working Papers of Economics of European Integration Division from The Univeristy of Gdansk, Faculty of Economics, Economics of European Integration Division

Abstract: Review of theoretical literature suggests that a higher level of concentration of economic activity, and hence the degree of clustering of the regional economy, should have a positive impact on the export potential of regions. This hypothesis is verified in the case of Polish provinces. As a result of a multi-quantitative analysis of data at a high level of spatial (districts) and sectoral (3-digit classification of activities PKD 2004) disaggregation using the method optimized for Polish conditions we identified potential clusters, understood as a multi-sectoral concentrations. In the next step we calculated clusterization indices for Polish NUTS 2 regions. In the next step, using the gravity model approach for trade of Polish regions to 184 countries of the world we have made the initial positive verification of the hypothesis.

Keywords: gravity model; regional trade; concentration of economic activity; cluster (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 F14 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2013-11
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