This paper introduces technological interdependence à la Ertur and Koch (Growth, technological interdependence and spatial externalities: Theory and evidence. Journal of Applied Econometrics 2007; 22: 1023-1062) into the theoretical framework of Gennaioli et al. (Human capital and regional...

This paper incorporates technological interdependence into a neoclassical regional growth framework with imperfect factor mobility, leading to a convergence equation with spatial effects. The empirical analysis is based on the estimation of a spatial Durbin panel data model and the...