Cluster strength and regional resilience: the case of the USA in the Great Recession

This paper evaluates the role of cluster strength on regional resilience. Previous literature shows that the industrial composition of a region, measured with indicators of its specialization, diversity and related and unrelated variety, is a crucial determinant of resilience. In this article, we ag...

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Autores: Zárate Mirón, Viviana, Moreno Serrano, Rosina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/224104
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/224104
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Productivitat
Crisis econòmiques
Sistemes productius locals
Economia regional
Productivity
Depressions
Industrial clusters
Regional economics
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Sumario:This paper evaluates the role of cluster strength on regional resilience. Previous literature shows that the industrial composition of a region, measured with indicators of its specialization, diversity and related and unrelated variety, is a crucial determinant of resilience. In this article, we aggregate cluster-level data into several indicators of regional cluster strength to proxy for different aspects of the cluster portfolio of a region. In particular, we consider the role of the presence of strong clusters in a regional economy as well as the mix of clusters in which the region has main relevance. (...)