Measuring subnational economic complexity: An application with Spanish data
date: 01/07/2019
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author: Santiago Pérez Balsalobre, Carlos LLano Verduras, and Jorge Díaz Lanchas
Economic complexity indicators provide a better understanding of the long-term determinants of countries’ economic growth. This Report explores the intra-national spatial heterogeneity using within-country trade flows data for Spain.
The international and intra-national economic complexity indicators calculated for the NUTS-3 provinces of Spain from 1995 to 2016 suggest that regions differ in complexity not only over time but also with regards to their international and intra-national trade exposures.
The full Technical Report can be found here.