2015
DOI: 10.1017/s0212610915000300
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Why Did Spanish Regions Not Converge Before the Civil War? Agglomeration Economies and (Regional) Growth Revisited

Abstract: In this paper we explore the relationship between the presence of agglomeration economies and regional economic growth in Spain during the period . The study allows us to revisit the existence of a trade-off between economic growth and territorial cohesion, and also to examine whether the existence of agglomeration economies could explain the upswing in regional income inequality during the early stages of development. In doing so, we present alternative indicators for agglomeration economies and estimate cond… Show more

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“…As Table shows, in the various empirical specifications we find no evidence whatsoever of a significant relation between infrastructures and labor productivity growth. Interestingly, similar findings are reported by Díez‐Minguela et al () who estimate a conditional convergence model for 1870–1930 Spanish provinces (NUTS 3). The lack of significance in our case might reflects the fact that postal offices ( Post in Table ), and road and railroads ( RR in Table ) are poor proxies of true infrastructure endowment.…”
Section: The Datasupporting
confidence: 87%
“…As Table shows, in the various empirical specifications we find no evidence whatsoever of a significant relation between infrastructures and labor productivity growth. Interestingly, similar findings are reported by Díez‐Minguela et al () who estimate a conditional convergence model for 1870–1930 Spanish provinces (NUTS 3). The lack of significance in our case might reflects the fact that postal offices ( Post in Table ), and road and railroads ( RR in Table ) are poor proxies of true infrastructure endowment.…”
Section: The Datasupporting
confidence: 87%
“…As Table 3 shows, in the various empirical specifications we find no evidence whatsoever of a significant relation between infrastructures and labor productivity growth. Interestingly, similar findings are reported by Díez-Minguela et al (2014) who estimate a conditional convergence model for 1870-1930 Spanish provinces (NUTS 3). The lack of significance in our case might reflects the fact that postal offices (Post in Table 3), and road and railroads (RR in Table 3) are poor proxies of true infrastructure endowment.…”
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confidence: 84%
“…Исследование показало, что увеличение регионального экономического неравенства было обусловлено, с одной стороны, неравными первоначальными положениями кумулятивных факторов производства, таких как человеческий капитал, а с другой стороны, еще большим углублением первоначальных экономических различий между территориями вследствие агломерационных эффектов и последующих разных темпов роста. Более того, в той же статье приводится вывод, что при определенном уровне доходов на душу населения взаимосвязь между агломерационными эффектами и экономическим ростом исчезает или становится отрицательной [10].…”
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