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The Application of Spatial Filtering Technique to the Economic Convergence of the European Regions between 1995 and 2007

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010 (ICCSA 2010)

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The β-convergence model has been widely used to predict the convergence rates of European regions to their steady states. However, this model has two major limitations. First, it does not take into account the spatial interactions of the economies and, second, it does not include their structural differences. Many authors have overcome the first problem by using spatial econometric techniques such as spatial lag or spatial error, but the latter problem has remained unresolved. In our model we use the spatial filtering technique to manage both spatial dependence and structural differences of the economies. Our results show that European regions have a wide range of convergence rates and in some cases regions with similar structural conditions are clustered. The spatial filtering technique is also able to highlight the scale (local, regional or global) of the phenomena that influence growth. This information is very useful for policy makers.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Verona, Italy

    Francesco Pecci & Nicola Pontarollo

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  1. Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    David Taniar

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli, 1, Perugia, 06123, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. L.I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.T., University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy

    Beniamino Murgante

  4. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineeering, LaTrobe University, 3086, Bundoora, VIC, Australia

    Eric Pardede

  5. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

    Bernady O. Apduhan

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Pecci, F., Pontarollo, N. (2010). The Application of Spatial Filtering Technique to the Economic Convergence of the European Regions between 1995 and 2007. In: Taniar, D., Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Pardede, E., Apduhan, B.O. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010. ICCSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6016. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12156-2_4

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