TY - BOOK AU - Sardadvar,Sascha ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Economic Growth in the Regions of Europe: Theory and Empirical Evidence from a Spatial Growth Model T2 - Contributions to Economics, SN - 9783790826371 AV - HT388 U1 - 338.9 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Heidelberg PB - Physica-Verlag HD KW - Economics KW - Endogenous growth (Economics) KW - Europe KW - Economic policy KW - Regional economics KW - Economics/Management Science KW - Regional/Spatial Science KW - Economic Growth KW - European Integration N1 - 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theory of Economic Growth -- 2 Neoclassical Growth Theory and Standard Models -- 3 Growth Models with Spatial Externalities -- 4 Convergence: Theory and Evidence -- Part II: A Model of Regional Growth -- 5 Remarks on Regional Growth -- 6 Structure of the Model -- 7 Evolution of Factors and Output -- 8 Implications for Output Growth -- Part IV: Empirics -- 9 Regions, Variables and Data -- 10 Spatial Econometric Specification and Estimation -- 11 Testing the Theoretical Model -- Summary N2 - Although interest in spatial growth regressions has been growing in recent years, formal theoretical approaches that acknowledge the role of space in economic growth have been sparse. In particular in a regional context, the assumption of independent, non-interacting closed economies can lead to misinterpretations. This book fills the void by discussing neoclassical growth theory in a spatial context, in order to examine growth both theoretically and empirically in a system of N regional economies. A formal model is presented that allows for interregional fixed capital relocations, which are in turn determined by the economies’ relative locations in space. It is shown how initial endowments with human capital play a decisive role regarding the evolution of output, and how both convergence and divergence processes may occur. Using a spatial econometric model specification, the theoretical model is tested empirically for 255 European regions UR - http://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-7908-2637-1 ER -