Mora Corral, Antoni J.Garcia-Duran Huet, PatriciaMillet, Montserrat2014-03-132014-03-1320111742-1772https://hdl.handle.net/2445/51703In undertaking an analysis of neighbouring effects on European regional patterns of specialization, this paper makes two main contributions to the literature. First, we use a spatial weight matrix that takes into consideration membership of an EU cross-border regional association. We then compare our results with those obtained using a contiguity matrix and constitute an upper bound for our parameter of interest. In a further stage, we divide the CBR associations on the basis of their longstanding and the intensity of their cooperation to determine whether the association type has a significant impact. Second, we examine the sensitivity of our results to the use of alternative relative specialization indices.20 p.application/pdfeng(c) Regional Studies Association, 2011Cooperació interterritorialEuropaInterstate cooperationEuropeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6040972014-03-13info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess