British Regional Growth and Sectoral Trends - Global and Local Spatial Econometric Approaches

Declan Curran

This paper looks beneath the surface of British sub-regional aggregate GVA growth over the period 1995-2007, by examining how the differing growth dynamics of the secondary and services sectors have influenced the overall regional growth process. A spatial econometric analysis is undertaken which tests regional secondary and services real GVA per capita for absolute and conditional convergence at the NUTS 3 level. Both local and global spatial analysis techniques are utilised in order to gain a detailed insight into the growth process over the period 1995-2007. A number of explanatory factors influencing secondary and services sector regional economic growth are also identified.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Domaines: Économie et finance quantitative [q-fin]

Declan Curran. British Regional Growth and Sectoral Trends - Global and Local Spatial Econometric Approaches. Applied Economics, 2011, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/00036846.2011.562170⟩. ⟨hal-00687807⟩