Institutions and geography: Empirical test of spatial growth models for European regions

被引：76
作者：
Arbia, Giuseppe [1 ]
Battisti, Michele [2 ,3 ]
Di Vaio, Gianfranco [3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ G Annunzio Chieti Pescara, Dept Business Stat Technol & Environm Sci, I-65127 Pescara, Italy
[2] Univ Palermo, Dept Studies Polit Law & Soc, I-90134 Palermo, Italy
[3] LUISS Guido Carli, CESRI, I-00197 Rome, Italy
来源：
ECONOMIC MODELLING | 2010年 / 27卷 / 01期
关键词：
Regional growth; Income convergence; Institutions; Geography; Spatial effects; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; CONVERGENCE PROCESS; SPECIFICATION; SPILLOVERS; UNION; EXTERNALITIES; HETEROGENEITY; REGRESSIONS; DYNAMICS; PATTERNS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econmod.2009.07.004
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This article provides an empirical assessment of the growth experiences of European regions, during the period 1991-2004, by taking into account the spatial effects due to both institutions and geography. These effects have been modelled by means of specific controls and by using a non-conventional spatial weight matrix. Results favour a model dealing with substantive spatial externalities. Within this framework, the country-specific institutions are strongly and positively related to the regional productivity's growth rate. In addition. the geo-institutional proximity increases the spatial dependence of the regional output per worker and raises the speed of convergence. By contrast, the pure geographical metrics is underperforming, while underestimating the convergence dynamics. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数：10
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