Within two weeks from the first detection of the SARS‐CoV‐2 positive patient on 21
February, from Lombardy the disease has spread over every region in Italy. The main …

This paper investigates differences in economic growth determinants for 187 regions across
12 European countries. The study focuses on a period of increasing inequalities including …

The topic of economic convergence is still crucial in the European Union (EU) as promoting
regional growth and the reduction of disparities remains a key objective. In this paper we …

ABSTRACT A two-step approach to account for unobserved spatial heterogeneity. Spatial
Economic Analysis. Empirical analysis in economics often faces the difficulty that the data …

This paper introduces a new empirical procedure for the estimation of hospitals' technical
efficiency in presence of spatial heterogeneity. We propose a methodology that allows …

Water saving in crop production under climate and environmental changing conditions
represents a critical issue for agricultural economy and sustainability. This study develops a …

We exploit the information derived from geographical coordinates to endogenously identify
spatial regimes in technologies that are the result of a variety of complex, dynamic …

This paper undertakes a rigorous examination of the convergence patterns of labour
productivity at the regional and sectoral levels across Czech regions. In addition to …

The pioneering work of Getis and Ord on local spatial statistics has a counterpart in spatial
econometrics in treating spatial heterogeneity. This can be approached from a continuous or …

The physical environment of farming systems is rarely considered when conducting farm
level efficiency analysis, which is likely to lead to bias of performance measurements based …