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- Title
Evaluating the Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of the European Convergence Process, 1980–1999.
- Authors
Le Gallo, Julie; Dall'erba, Sandy
- Abstract
In this paper, we suggest a framework that allows testing simultaneously for temporal heterogeneity, spatial heterogeneity, and spatial autocorrelation in β-convergence models. Based on a sample of 145 European regions over the 1980–1999 period, we estimate a Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model with spatial regimes and spatial autocorrelation for two sub-periods: 1980–1989 and 1989–1999. The assumption of temporal independence between the two periods is rejected, and the estimation results point to the presence of spatial error autocorrelation in both sub-periods and spatial instability in the second sub-period, indicating the formation of a convergence club between the peripheral regions of the European Union.
- Subjects
ECONOMIC convergence; REGRESSION analysis; AUTOCORRELATION (Statistics); ESTIMATION theory; EUROPEAN Union
- Publication
Journal of Regional Science, 2006, Vol 46, Issue 2, p269
- ISSN
0022-4146
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0022-4146.2006.00441.x