| Title: |
Dynamic externalities, local industrial structure and economic development: panel data evidence for Morocco |
| Authors: |
Maurice J. G. Bun; Abderrahman El Makhloufi; Jel-code R |
| Contributors: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: |
http://www1.fee.uva.nl/pp/bin/440fulltext.pdf. |
| Publication Year: |
2007 |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: |
dynamic externalities; dynamic panel data model; local |
| Description: |
industrial structure, regional economic development The impact of industrial structure on local economic development is analyzed for the case of Morocco. Using annual data for 6 urban areas and 18 industrial sectors in-dicators for specialization, diversity and competiton of rms within a particular region are constructed for the years 1985-1995. The e¤ects of these and other explanatory variables on local economic activity are estimated using a dynamic panel data model with both individual and time speci c e¤ects. The estimation results suggest signi cant positive specialization and diversity e¤ects and signi cant negative competition e¤ects asserting the importance of industrial structure for local economic development. The empirical evidence is robust to the measure of economic activity used in the analysis, i.e. either employment or value added. A similar analysis is conducted restricting the space to the region of Casablanca. Using data on 7 districts and 18 sectors for the period 1992-1995 again signi cant externalities are found within this speci c region. 1. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.556.3973; http://www1.fee.uva.nl/pp/bin/440fulltext.pdf |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.556.3973; http://www1.fee.uva.nl/pp/bin/440fulltext.pdf |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.A8E97924 |
| Database: |
BASE |