Spatial heterogeneity and interregional spillovers in the European Union: Do cohesion policies encourage convergence across regions?

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 551-567

  Ramajo, Julián ^a,b   Márquez, Miguel A ^a,b   Hewings, Geoffrey J D ^b   Salinas, María M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; European Union; Heterogeneity; Regional growth; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; HETEROGENEITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IRELAND; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41549094170     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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