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Total Factor Productivity Convergence Amongst Italian Regions: Some Evidence from Panel Unit Root Tests
Joseph P. ByrneDavide PiacentinoGiorgio Faziosubject
Landscaping and area planningStädtebau Raumplanung LandschaftsgestaltungEconomicsArea Development Planning Regional ResearchRaumplanung und Regionalforschung05 social sciencesWirtschaftGeneral Social SciencesConvergence (economics)Wirtschaftswissenschaften0502 economics and businessddc:330EconometricsNational levelUnit rootSocial Sciences & Humanities050207 economicsTotal factor productivity Regional convergence Panel unit root testsddc:710Total factor productivity050205 econometrics General Environmental ScienceMathematicsdescription
Byrne J. P., Fazio G. and Piacentino D. Total factor productivity convergence among Italian regions: some evidence from panel unit root tests. Regional Studies. This paper employs panel unit root tests to investigate convergence in total factor productivity (TFP) among Italian regions. These tests provide an inference valid in the presence of heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence, and when the cross-sectional dimension is smaller than the time dimension, allowing the investigation of convergence among different subsets of regions. The results add a further dimension to the conventional view on growth dynamics in the Italian peninsula depicting a lack of regional TFP convergence not only at the national level, but also at the level of geographical disaggregations where regions are conventionally thought to converge. Byrne J. P., Fazio G. et Piacentino D. Convergence de la methode des facteurs globaux de productivite entre les regions italiennes: donnees probantes issues de tests de racine unitaire e...
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| 2009-04-23 |