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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| 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 |
| 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. (...) |
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