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This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … and technology. Indian innovation hubs also generate positive knowledge spillovers to other regions. … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is …
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Innovation is a crucial driver of urban and regional economic success. Innovative cities and regions tend to grow … evidence of a link between innovation and inequality in European regions, but only limited evidence of such a relationship in … small body of innovators gain relative to others, innovation may lead to inequality. The evidence on this point is …
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This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
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other factors which may condition economic growth, such as innovation, migration, and the local ‘social filter’, taking also … into account the geographical component of intervention in transport infrastructure and innovation. The results of the two … filter’, good innovation capacity, both in the region and in neighbouring areas, and a region's capacity to attract migrants …
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The defaults of Philip II have attained mythical status as the origin of sovereign debt crises. The king failed to honour his debts four times during his reign. In this paper, we reassess the fiscal position of Habsburg Spain. New archival evidence allows us to derive comprehensive estimates of...
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Economic growth since 1965 has varied inversely with the share of natural capital in national wealth across countries. Four main channels of transmission from abundant natural resources to stunted economic development are discussed: (a) the Dutch disease, (b) rent seeking, (c) overconfidence,...
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regions within a country change at different rates. Accordingly, these dynamics may be reflected in a geographic lifecycle … with different regions characterized by different phases analogous to the industry lifecycle model. In accordance with this … argument, this paper tests the hypothesis that regions can be characterized as evolving over a predictable and well …
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effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within … together complementary activities, better promotes innovation. The evidence provides considerable support for the diversity …
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regions as a key source of comparative advantage. …
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stimulates both energy and general purpose innovation. This result has important policy implications considering the growing …This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational … stimulates general purpose as well as clean energy R&D but reduces the incentive to invest in human capital formation. Human …
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