In a previous work, a spatial shift-share model was proposed.
That model took into account both the activity information of the territory
and the legal status of the enterprises working inside it. The model presented,
which had a twofold form, developed and came together into a
unique formulation. The present proposal is able to suitably catch the
neighborhood’s effect on the variation of an economical variable measured
on the examined territory. This paper does not intend to repropose the
aspects regarding the theoretical evolution of the first model. Instead, the
principal goal is to make a comparison ceteris paribus between the results
obtained with the new model and those reached through the application of
the previous one, so to highlight the role of the association between the
two factors included inside the decomposition. Italian industrial districts
represent the economical context for this application since each model
proposed is applicable to each district case without modifying the theoretical
structure which is related, to the neighborhood definition. The
application proposed here focuses on data on the chair industrial district
located in the border region Friuli Venezia Giulia, with reference to the
entire period 2000–2004.
