López-Villuendas, Ana MaríaDel Campo Campos, Cristina2024-04-122024-04-122023-05López-Villuendas, A. M., & del Campo, C. (2023). Regional Economic Disparities in Europe: Time-Series Clustering of NUTS 3 Regions. International Regional Science Review, 46(3), 265-298.0160-017610.1177/01600176221125https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103052The aim of this research is to identify the regional economic disparities in the level of economic wealth and its dynamics in the NUTS 3 regions in EU28 over the period from 2000 to 2017. By performing a time-series clustering analysis at NUTS 3 level, we expect to uncover the economic disparities that might have been hidden in the aggregate NUTS 2 regions. Our results indicate that at a finer spatial scale (NUTS 3 level) disparities flourish, particularly in the period after the global crisis of 2008, in which different recovery rates are observed. In general, NUTS 2 regions tend to spatially cluster at the national level and, although NUTS 3 regions show slightly this tendency as well, the spatial effect is not as strong as it is for NUTS 2 level, revealing specific behaviours of the local economies and markets that remain hidden at the aggregate NUTS 2 level.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal article1552-6925https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01600176221125703https://doi.org/10.1177/01600176221125703open accessTime-series ClusteringEuropean NUTS 3 RegionsCohesion PolicyRegional inequalitiesPolítica europea de desarrolloIntegración económicaDesarrollo económico5310.91 Economía Internacional: Área Europea5309.02 Integración Económica3329.05 Desarrollo Regional5307.04 Estudios del desarrollo Económico