using the four variables identified under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary …This paper assesses the relevance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the knowledge economy (KE)-finance nexus …

questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different … possible different attitudes and patterns of innovation that we control for, such as regional preconditions for knowledge and …

We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography … endogenous emergence of industry clusters. Spatial variations in knowledge spillovers lead to spatial concentration of more …. Narrowing the gap in knowledge spillovers across regions raises growth, and reduces regional inequality by making firms more …

under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary dynamics of depth, efficiency …Purpose - This paper assesses dynamics of the knowledge economy (KE)-finance nexus using the four variables identified …) Proxies for innovation (journals and FDI) have a positive effect on financial activity; journals (FDI) have (has) a negative …

between two activities: producing goods with the production-related knowledge they already have, and interacting with others … and its rate of learning and real growth. Individuals' time allocation decisions depend on the knowledge distribution … time allocations of everyone in the economy in turn determine the evolution of its knowledge distribution. We construct the …