Spatial scale impacts EU regional convergence: Countries not as united as thought.
The article explores how different sizes of regions in Europe affect economic growth analysis. By studying EU regions at various scales (NUTS1, NUTS2, NUTS3), the researchers found that economic convergence happens within countries at smaller scales, rather than between countries. This means that regions within the same country tend to grow more similarly than regions in different countries. The study also showed that the results remained consistent even after accounting for spatial relationships.
