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The role of specialisation and diversity externalities in the agglomeration of innovative activities
Paci, Raffaele; Usai, Stefano - In: Rivista italiana degli economisti : the journal of the … 5 (2000) 2, pp. 237-268
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001618538
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The Role of Spatial Agglomeration in a Structural Model of Innovation, Productivity and Export : A Firm-Level Analysis
Antonietti, Roberto; Cainelli, Giulio - 2013
, innovation, productivity and export performance augmented to take account for the role played by spatial agglomeration … links R&D capital to innovation output; the third focuses on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) as determined by innovation …&D, while specialization impacts on TFP to complement innovation output. Finally, urbanization economies support TFP in driving …
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Factors explaining the spatial agglomeration of the creative class : empirical evidence for German artists
Alfken, Christoph; Brökel, Tom; Sternberg, Rolf G. - 2013
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the relative importance of economic and amenity-related location factors for attracting talents or members of the creative class. While Florida highlights the role of amenities, openness, and tolerance, others instead emphasize the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303799
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A nonparametric test for industrial specialization
Billings, Stephen B.; Johnson, Erik - 2012
Urban economists hypothesize that industrial diversity matters for urban growth and development, but metrics for empirically testing this relationship are limited to simple concentration metrics (e.g. location quotient) or summary diversity indices (e.g. Gini, Herfindahl). As shown by recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514000
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Endogenous or exogenous innovation development in industry on regional level?
Świadek, Arkadiusz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 9 (2013) 4, pp. 70-85
At the moment endogenous growth theory has become increasingly popular in the world of science, particularly in developed countries. This article aims to show, for two regions case, the needs and sense of applying this theory in the polish regions. Due to the low level of economic development of...
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Mapping local productivity advantages in Italy : industrial districts, cities or both?
Di Giacinto, Valter; Gomellini, Matteo; Micucci, Giacinto; … - 2011 - Preliminary draft, this version: February 2011
concentration patterns in Italy, i.e. urban areas (UA) and industrial districts (ID). UA typically display a huge concentration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524449
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Mapping Local Productivity Advantages in Italy : Industrial Districts, Cities or Both?
Di Giacinto, Valter - 2012
in Italy – urban areas and industrial districts. The former have high population density and host a wide range of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108351
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Mapping Local Productivity Advantages in Italy : Industrial Districts, Cities or Both?
Di Giacinto, Valter - 2014
Using data from a large sample of Italian manufacturing firms we provide novel empirical evidence on the magnitude of local productivity advantages in two types of spatially concentrated regions: urban areas (UAs) and industrial districts (IDs). A larger surplus is estimated for cities compared...
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Die Geografie der Kreativen Klasse in Deutschland
Fritsch, Michael (contributor);  … - 2006
in High-Tech Branchen gekennzeichnet. -- Kreative Klasse ; Bohemiens ; Künstler ; Innovation ; Regionalentwicklung …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376208
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Regional dynamics of economic performance in the EU : to what extent spatial spillovers matter?
Özyurt, Selin; Dées, Stéphane - 2015
developments, innovation and infrastructure endowment), the growth analysis accounts for spatial effects related to the existence … endowment, accessibility and innovation capacity explain both growth dynamics and cross regional differences. We do not find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483641