Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/286720 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Regional Research [ISSN:] 1613-9836 [Volume:] 41 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 229-268
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Although the literature provides a huge number of studies on specialized regions, such as clusters and industrial districts, most of them concern developed regions. Studies that focus on the initial processes and preconditions for the emergence of economic specialization in lagging regions are rare, and studies of this kind considering a large number of cases not existing. We use the information on 140 villages in lagging rural regions in Iran to examine the initializing processes and preconditions as well as the connection between the two. We find that the conditions that are present in the region affect the potential initial processes and developments that might lead to specialization. Thus, the findings support the application of place-based policies.
Subjects: 
Specialization
Clusters
Industrial districts
Rural area economy
Economic development
Iran
JEL: 
R1
O18
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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