Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/68095 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Department of Economics Discussion Paper No. 05,07
Publisher: 
University of Kent, Department of Economics, Canterbury
Abstract: 
Taking Italy as a case study, this paper investigates the link between economies' structural similarities and convergence. Specifically, treating technology as sector-specific and modelling technological spillovers as a positive function of the degree of similarity between economies' sectoral features, we propose a modified version of the Solow model and derive an extended convergence equation. The latter is then estimated by means of Panel Data procedures and data on the Italian regions over the 1970-1995 period. The results bring empirical support to our approach.
Subjects: 
Convergence
Technology Diffusion
Regional Growth
Italy
JEL: 
O40
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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