The role of regions in global value chains: an analysis for the European Union

Bolea, L. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Duarte, R. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Hewings, G.J.D. ; Jiménez, S. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sánchez-Chóliz, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: While considerable attention has been directed to the national-level impacts of global value chains, far less attention has been focused on the way in which global production fragmentation has affected regional economies. Using some measures derived from a multiregional, multisectoral input–output model, this paper analyzes the position and share of EU regions in Global Value Chains (GVC). The spatial determinants of these two dimensions are explored using spatial econometric methods to capture the influence of neighboring regions on these outcomes. Empirically, the focus is on a set of NUTS2 European regions for the most recent year (2010) of the EUREGIO database. Our results confirm the hypothesis of spatial dependence between regions conditioning the engagement and position GVCs, suggesting that global production processes are influenced by regional and local factors. In particular, spatial spillover effects play a significant role conditioned by both geographical proximity and similarity of production structures. The results show that sharing certain characteristics, some of them associated to their degree of proximity and the neighbouring situation of regions condition their specialization, participation and positioning in GVC, generating some important insights informative for the formulation of regional development policies.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12674

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Papers in Regional Science 101, 4 (2022), 771-794
ISSN: 1056-8190

Factor impacto JCR: 2.1 (2022)

Categ. JCR: GEOGRAPHY rank: 53 / 86 = 0.616 (2022) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 191 / 380 = 0.503 (2022) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING rank: 33 / 40 = 0.825 (2022) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES rank: 101 / 128 = 0.789 (2022) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 4.6 - Social Sciences (Q1) - Environmental Science (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.863 - Geography, Planning and Development (Q1) - Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/BES-2017-080087

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)