<Para ID="Par1">This paper analyzes the conditional <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$\beta $$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mi mathvariant="italic">β</mi> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-convergence hypothesis for NUTS 3 Italian provinces. A methodology for the simultaneous treatment of spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity is developed. Spatial dependence is introduced in the economic model by assuming a spatial...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></para>