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| Gutierrez, Luciano; Sassi, Maria. |
| The paper starts from the critiques to the Barro-style methodology for convergence analysis with the aim of reviewing the econometric approaches for testing spatial effects in convergence process related to both cross sectional and panel data regressions, a framework that is applied to a sample of 80 regions of the EU-15 at NUTS-2 level over the time period from 1980 to 2007. The empirical analysis compares results from approaches and, at the same time, provides empirical evidence from techniques that are now widely recognised in the understanding of regional growth and the influence of space but never or rarely applied to the agricultural context. Results point out the complexity of the process of agricultural regional convergence in Europe that cannot be... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Convergence; Spatial approaches; Non spatial approaches; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; C33; Q19.. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99362 |
