Michael Bräuninger, Hamburg Institute of International Economics
, Hamburg, Germany, Annekatrin Niebuhr, IAB Nord
Regional Research Network of the Institute for Employment Research, Kiel, Germany
Convergence, Spatial Interaction and Agglomeration Effects in the EU (assigned to theme
We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial heterogeneity and spatial spillover effects. The spatial regimes model allows for different steady-state growth paths. In contrast to previous analyses, the regimes in this paper refer to spatial categories, i.e. we assume that agglomerations, urbanised and rural regions are characterised by group-specific steady-states. Moreover, the regression analysis considers the effects of interaction among neighbouring regions, possibly leading to a spatial dependence of regional growth rates. We check whether spatial dependence is caused by spatial spillovers or bases on country effects.
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