This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is … contrast, innovation is much more dependent on a combination of good local socioeconomic structures and investment in science …

more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …

This paper constructs a two-region endogenous growth model, where economic geography and public infrastructures play a …, industrial geography and spatial income distribution. An improvement of infrastructures that helps decrease transaction costs …. Contrary to transfers and traditional regional policies, it is shown that a public policy that reduces the cost of innovation …

industry life cycle. The theory of knowledge spillovers, based on the knowledge production function for innovative activity …

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 …

, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis of changes in wage bill shares and employment shares of more …

pursuits of firms and their employees. Using patents and citations as proxies for innovation and a time-varying index of labor … laws, we find that innovation is fostered by stringent labor laws, especially by laws governing dismissal of employees. We … exploit staggered country-level law changes. We also find that stringent labor laws disproportionately influence innovation in …

financial distress. When the code is creditor-friendly, excessive liquidations cause the firm to shy away from innovation. In … contrast, by promoting continuation upon failure, a debtor-friendly code induces greater innovation. This effect remains robust … when the firm attempts to sustain innovation by reducing its debt under creditor-friendly codes. Employing patents as a …

between military and civil technology, at the different motives that drive innovation in the two sectors, and at the …