… However, cluster specialization could also propagate negative shocks among related …
the period of the Great Recession. Using a recently available set of cluster definitions (Delgado, …

… This paper aims to evaluate the role of cluster strength on regional … cluster-level data
into several indicators of regional cluster strength to proxy for different aspects of the cluster …

… However, based on studies carried out before the 2008 Great Recession, we know that
firms belonging to local clusters achieve higher profitability and productivity as well as higher …

… progresses we find that counties around those in which unemployment increased initially
are more likely to be “infected” with high unemployment, generating clusters of counties …

… In this regard, we apply an agglomerative hierarchical clustering (AHC) analysis … of the
pre-recession period and during the period of the recession. Cluster analysis allows visualizing …

… For Cluster 6—in many ways the states with the least similarity in their industrial structure—…
than it was earlier in the Great Recession. This cluster includes Nevada with its unique …

… cluster strength in the region, and cluster diversity, a measure of how diversified the presence
of clusters … by strong clusters and high innovation before the Great Recession present less …

… , we identify geographic clusters of … recession and demographic composition, industrial
structure and state context. Our findings contribute new evidence regarding the Great Recession’…

To evaluate variations in the well-being dimensions of European citizens, we rely upon
Principal Component Analysis methodology, whereby a large set of interrelated indicators are …

… Because the dimension is low (three outcomes of interest), we employed spectral clustering
… 8 clusters. By further imposition of the bicriteria measure for assessing quality of clustering, …