par Greunz, Lydia 
Référence Jahrbuch fuer Regionalwissenschaft, 22, 2, page (163-184)
Publication Publié, 2002
Référence Jahrbuch fuer Regionalwissenschaft, 22, 2, page (163-184)
Publication Publié, 2002
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | This paper aims at testing the technology gap hypothesis in order to explain the growth patterns of European regions. After a review of the related literature, we construct a simultaneous equation model of cumulative growth where catching up is driven by "social capability". This model is applied on an extended sample of 153 European NUTS I and II regions. The estimates are used to cluster the sample of European regions with respect to their growth paths: regions converging to the economic performance of frontiers regions, regions converging to their own steady state and regions for which relative backwardness seems to be a recurrent issue of the growth mechanism. |
