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Do inventors talk to strangers? on proximity and collaborative knowledge creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126607
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The long-term consequences of regional specialization
Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The Long-Term Consequences of Regional Specialization* What are the consequences of resource-based regional … specialization, when it persists over a long period of time? While much of the literature argues that specialization is beneficial … percentage points. Despite this caveat, the gains from specialization were large, and specialization had little impact on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744966
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The long term consequences of resource based specialization
Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
The Long-Term Consequences of Regional Specialization* What are the consequences of resource-based regional … specialization, when it persists over a long period of time? While much of the literature argues that specialization is beneficial … percentage points. Despite this caveat, the gains from specialization were large, and specialization had little impact on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745354
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Productivity convergence and foreign ownership at the establishment level
Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Simpson, Helen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at the establishment level. We find convergence to the frontier is statistically and quantitatively important, suggesting the existence of technology spillovers. Foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744968
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Is distance dying at last? Falling home bias in fixed effects models of patent citations
Griffith, Rachel; Lee, Sokbae - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
We examine the “home bias” of international knowledge spillovers as measured by the speed of patent citations (i.e. knowledge spreads slowly over international boundaries). We present the first compelling econometric evidence that the geographical localization of knowledge spillovers has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071080
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Is distance dying at last? Falling home bias in fixed effects models of patent citations
Griffith, Rachel; Lee, Sokbae; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
We examine the “home bias” of international knowledge spillovers as measured by the speed of patent citations (i.e. knowledge spreads slowly over international boundaries). We present the first compelling econometric evidence that the geographical localization of knowledge spillovers has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071309
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Specialization and regional economic development
Kemeny, Thomas; Storper, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Debates about urban growth and change often center on specialization.However, arguments linking specialization to … diversified? Does specialization refer to the absolute scale of an activity in a region, its share within the regional economy, or … its share in the nation’s economy? Does specialization have static effects, or is its impact chiefly evolutionary? This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126149
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Undermining the principle of concentration?: European Union regional policy and the socio-economic disadvantage of European regions
Crescenzi, Riccardo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
This paper sets out to analyse the regional policy of the European Union by assessing whether the actual distribution of funds to the regions undermines the principle of territorial concentration. The empirical analysis shows that, due to either political equilibriums or inaccurate assumptions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745669
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In tandem for cohesion? Synergies and conflicts between regional and agricultural policies of the European Union
Crescenzi, Riccardo; De Filippis, Fabrizio; Pierangeli, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
The paper sets out to analyze the allocations of financial resources accruing to the European regions from the Regional, Rural Development and Agricultural policies of the European Union in order to assess their territorial coordination and synergies and their degree of compatibility with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746172
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Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Transport infrastructure has represented one of the cornerstones of development and cohesion strategies in the European Union (EU) and elsewhere in the world. However, despite the considerable funds devoted to it, its impact remains controversial. This paper revisits the question of to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126112