Andersson, Roland; Quigley, John. M; Wilhelmsson, Mats - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2005
. We relate patent activity to measures of localization and urbanization, to the industrial composition and size … research facilities in stimulating regional patent output. Importantly, our results document the importance of agglomeration … and spatial factors in influencing creativity: Patent activity is increased in larger and more dense labor markets and in …