RT Journal Article
T1 Transnational economic clusters: the case of the Iberian Peninsula
A1 Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues
A1 Sánchez Carreira, María del Carmen
A1 Mourão, Paulo Jorge Reis
K1 Panel data
K1 Polarization processes
K1 Policies design and implementation
K1 Scale economies
AB Spain and Portugal are two neighbouring countries, sharing regions with specific socio‐economic challenges. These challenges arise now as promising sources of regional co‐operation, namely in supporting the design of more tailored regional policies. In this context, the main aim of this paper is to discuss how neighbouring spaces within the Iberian Peninsula can be identified as sources for positive economic effects on the surrounding area. For this purpose, we will use Eurostat regional data, taking advantage of spatial autocorrelation analysis. Based on the developments related to Verdoorn's law, we explored the spatial approach for studying the latent correlations between the Iberian regions, in terms of local production. The results show that there are several Iberian contexts of economic success that can be considered as benchmarks for other regions. We also posit that policies' frameworks between neighbouring regions should be enhanced. These findings are relevant outputs to be considered by public institutions in the design of regional policies that promote more regional co‐operation and support spreading effects from poles of development to neighbouring regions (reduction asymmetries).
PB Elsevier
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43466
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43466
LA eng
NO Martinho, V. D., Sánchez‐Carreira, M. D. C., & Mourão, P. R. (2021). Transnational economic clusters: The case of the Iberian Peninsula. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 13(5), 1442-1459.https://doi.org/10.1111/RSP3.12346
NO FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, Grant/Award Numbers: UIDB/00681/2020, UIDB/03182/2020; Fundaç~ao para a Ciância e a Tecnologia (FCT/MEC's), Grant/Award Number: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006683; Operational Programme on “Competitiveness and Internationalization–COMPETE 2020
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RD 26 may 2026