<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Trying to explain the sources of persisting high inequalities in the regional distribution of entrepreneurship in Romania, this paper puts a spotlight on the spatial interactions among neighbour regions in a spatial modelling framework. We explored the interplay of factors that inform the territorial distribution of SMEs by employing various spatial panel data models that not only provided better estimations of the parameters, but also removed the cross – sectional dependence detected in our previous research using classic panel models. We found that the existing regional inequalities in entrepreneurial activity are strongly associated with differences in economic development, gross investments, research and development, age of the population, and and differences in regional resilience to economic crises. Additional useful information was brought about by the computation of direct and indirect effects of these factors of influence.</p></abstract>

Trying to explain the sources of persisting high inequalities in the regional distribution of entrepreneurship in Romania, this paper puts a spotlight on the spatial interactions among neighbour regions in a spatial modelling framework. We explored the interplay of factors that inform the territorial distribution of SMEs by employing various spatial panel data models that not only provided better estimations of the parameters, but also removed the cross – sectional dependence detected in our previous research using classic panel models. We found that the existing regional inequalities in entrepreneurial activity are strongly associated with differences in economic development, gross investments, research and development, age of the population, and and differences in regional resilience to economic crises. Additional useful information was brought about by the computation of direct and indirect effects of these factors of influence.

Spatial changes in entrepreneurship in relation to economic crisis and recovery. Insights from Romanian counties

Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Statistics

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Trying to explain the sources of persisting high inequalities in the regional distribution of entrepreneurship in Romania, this paper puts a spotlight on the...

Spatial changes in entrepreneurship in relation to economic crisis and recovery. Insights from Romanian counties

Publié en ligne: 31 mai 2021

Pages: 129 - 145

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/icas-2021-0012

Mots clés
SMEs, inequality, economic resilience, spatial panel, Romania

© 2021 Zizi Goschin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spatial changes in entrepreneurship in relation to economic crisis and recovery. Insights from Romanian counties

Publié en ligne: 31 mai 2021

Pages: 129 - 145

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/icas-2021-0012

Mots clésSMEs, inequality, economic resilience, spatial panel, Romania

© 2021 Zizi Goschin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
SMEs, inequality, economic resilience, spatial panel, Romania