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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/2612| Title: | Is regional innovative activity path-dependent? : An empirical analysis for Germany |
| Keywords: | R11 C21 O31 ddc:330 regional innovation knowledge spillovers path-dependence endogenous growth spatial econometrics Germany Innovation Region Räumliche Innovationsdiffusion Spillover-Effekt Wissenstransfer Regionales Wachstum Neue Wachstumstheorie Pfadabhängigkeit Schätzung Patent Wissenschaftler Deutschland |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel |
| Description: | Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are specified. One is based on patent applications, the other on numbers of researchers. With patents as indicator the path-dependence hypothesis is rejected, and knowledge spillovers from neighboring regions appear to be irrelevant. With numbers of researchers as indicator, by contrast, there is evidence for both path-dependence, and the relevance of interregional knowledge spillovers. Several extensions and refinements are discussed which may help resolving these apparent contradictions. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/2612 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/2612 ppn:332494802 ppn:332494802 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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