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Title: | Regional Convergence and R&D Investment: Applied investigation in Portugal |
Authors: | Guerreiro, Gertrudes Guerreiro, António |
Keywords: | R&D Investment Income Distribution Regional Inequality Regional Convergence Spatial Econometrics |
Issue Date: | Aug-2015 |
Publisher: | ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association |
Citation: | Guerreiro, G. & Guerreiro, A. (2015), "Regional Convergence and R&D Investment: Applied investigation in Portugal", ERSA 55th Congress, ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association, August 2015. |
Abstract: | R&D investments are seen has having an enormous potential impact on the competitive position of regions and
perhaps on regional convergence (or divergence) too. The aim of the paper is to study both the localization of R&D
investments and regional income distribution among the NUTs 3 regions of Portugal to conclude if these variables are related or not. We intend to answer questions like if geography influences the pattern of R&D investments and
inequality, and if these ones reveal the presence of spatial correlation. Furthermore, we evaluate convergence or
divergence in income growth and if it is related with R&D investments. After a brief introduction we evaluate the
inequalities among regions using information about per capita GDP and per capita R&D investment. It follows the
convergence analysis and conclusions.
To study the spatial convergence (approximation) of per capita income (GDPpc) and R&D investments in the regions
of Portugal, we use a standard methodology of spatial econometrics. We compared the values of each geographical unit with the values calculated to the neighboring geographic units, in the first and last year of the period under review.
We conclude that regions with higher GDPpc are not the same with the highest concentration of R&D investments,
with the exception of the northern coastline. The R&D investments are geographically linked to the network of higher education institutions, especially in the interior regions of the country. The northern regions reveal more dynamic in terms of R&D, which apparently is not felt in the population's standard of living measured by GDPpc. Our challenge
for the future of this work is to understand and to explain this data evidence. |
URI: | http://www-sre.wu.ac.at/ersa/ersaconfs/ersa15/e150825aFinal00463.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16665 |
Type: | lecture |
Appears in Collections: | ECN - Comunicações - Em Congressos Científicos Internacionais
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