Related Variety and Regional Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of European Urban Regions

被引:88
作者
van Oort, Frank [1 ]
de Geus, Stefan [2 ]
Dogaru, Teodora [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Utrecht, Urban & Reg Res Ctr Utrecht, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
[2] Triodos Bank, Triodos Investment Management, Zeist, Netherlands
[3] Univ A Coruna, Dept Econ Anal & Business Adm, La Coruna, Spain
[4] Univ Utrecht, Fac Geosci, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
关键词
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES; EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; INNOVATION; EXTERNALITIES; PRODUCTIVITY; PERSPECTIVES; PROXIMITY; CITIES; LEVEL;
D O I
10.1080/09654313.2014.905003
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Abstract This paper introduces indicators of regional related variety and unrelated variety to conceptually overcome the current impasse in the specialization-diversity debate in agglomeration economics. Although various country-level studies have been published on this conceptualization in recent years, a pan-European test has been missing from the literature until now. A pan-European test is more interesting than country-level tests, as newly defined cohesion policies, smart-specialization policies, place-based development strategies and competitiveness policies may be especially served by related variety and unrelated variety conceptualizations. We test empirically for the significance of variables based on these concepts, using a cross-sectional data set for 205 European regions during the period 2000-2010. The results confirming our hypotheses are that related variety is significantly related to employment growth, especially in small and medium-sized city-regions, and that specialization is significantly related to productivity growth. We do not find robust relationships that are hypothesized between unrelated variety and unemployment growth.
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页码:1110 / 1127
页数:18
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