Modeling structural change in the European metropolitan areas during the process of economic integration

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TitreModeling structural change in the European metropolitan areas during the process of economic integration
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuteursLonghi C, Musolesi A, Baumont C
JournalECONOMIC MODELLING
Volume37
Pagination395-407
Date PublishedFEB
Type of ArticleArticle
ISSN0264-9993
Mots-clésGeneralized additive models, Interaction models, Metropolitan areas, Semiparametric models, Specialization European economic integration, Tensor product smooths
Résumé

The specialization patterns of metropolitan areas are crucial in characterizing the effects of economic integration in Europe. This paper aims to provide and estimate an econometric model that explains both sectoral specialization and sectoral dissimilarity, measured with the GINI and the KRUGMAN indexes, respectively, for 35 European metro areas during the period 1980-2005. A semiparametric approach is proposed to address the issues of non-linearity and separability. The econometric analysis indicates how the deepening of the processes of development and integration occurred in the last decades affected both specialization and similarity of the sectoral metropolitan structure, finally supporting a ``specializing alike hypothesis''. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

DOI10.1016/j.econmod.2013.10.028