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The study proposes an extension of the spatial shift-share method by combining the formulations developed by Mayor and López (2008) and Espa et al. (2014). Our proposal enables to assess if and how the economic performance of a region is influenced by that of its neighbouring regions, taking into account differences in the industrial composition. Applying our approach to the case of Italian
incoming tourist flows at NUTS3 regional-level, we are able to provide novel evidence.