income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the US. In the case of an unemployment shock 47 percent of the shock are … absorbed in the EU, compared to 34 per cent in the US. This cushioning of disposable income leads to a demand stabilization of … up to 30 per cent in the EU and up to 20 per cent in the US. There is large heterogeneity within the EU. Automatic …

-patent networks, project based R&D networks within the EU Framework Programmes (FPs) and co-publication networks. Integration in … European R&D - one of the main pillars of the EU Science Technology and Innovation (STI) policy - refers to the harmonization … achieved by using 255 NUTS-2 regions of the 25 pre-2007 EU member-states, as well as Norway and Switzerland. For the …

emphasized supporting interactions and networks between organisations of the innovation system. The policy instrument of the EU … 241 NUTS-regions of the EU-25 member states. We aggregate individual FP cooperations to the regional level leading to a …

using 241 NUTS-2 regions covering the EU-25 member states. The dependent variable, knowledge production activity, is … participations of a region in R&D joint ventures funded by the European Commission under the heading of the EU Framework programs …