Spillover Effects of Spatial Growth Poles - a Reconciliation of Conflicting Policy Targets?

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Regional economic policy faces the challenge of two competing policy goals - reducing regional economic disparities vs. promoting economic growth. The allocation of public funds has to weigh these goals particularly under the restriction of scarce financial resources. If, however, some region turns out to be a regional growth pole with positive spillovers to its disadvantaged periphery, regional policies could be designed to reconcile the conflicting targets. In this case, peripheral regions could indirectly participate in the economic development of their growing cores. We start our investigation by defining and identifying such growth poles among German regions on the NUTS 3 administrative level based on spatial and sectoral effects. Using cluster analysis, we determine significant characteristics for the general identification of growth poles. Patterns in the sectoral change are identified by means of the change in the employment. Finally, we analyze whether and to what extent these growth poles exert spatial spillover effects on neighbouring regions and thus mitigate contradictory interests in regional public policy. For this purpose, we apply a Spatial-Cross-Regressive-Model (SCR-Model) including the change in the secondary sector which allows to consider functional economic relations on the administrative level chosen (NUTS 3).

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 8/2007

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
• Thema: size and spatial distributions of regional economic activity ; cross-sectional models ; spatial models ; treatment effect models ; regional, urban, and rural analyses ; Entwicklungspol ; Spillover-Effekt ; Regionale Entwicklung ; Regionaler Strukturwandel ; Regionalpolitik ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kubis, Alexander ; Titze, Mirko ; Ragnitz, Joachim
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
• (wo): Halle (Saale)
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/29978
• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-4073
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ