Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are...

This paper deals with the effects of publicly funded research on regional technological progress and economic growth. We adopt a system approach and investigate the effects on all regional input factors and output by means of a flexible spatial panel VAR (SpPVAR) model. This allows us to deal...

1 Introduction and Motivation -- 2 Why and How Does Economic Activity Grow? An Overview of the Literature -- 3 Why and How Does Economic Activity Concentrate in Space? Another Overview of the Literature -- 4 Spatial Knowledge Spillovers and the Dynamics of Agglomeration and Regional Growth -- 5...

Abstract AbstractMit Innovationsbiographien wird dem prozesshaften und vernetzten Charakter von Innovationen Rechnung getragen. Sie erfassen Innovationsprozesse von den Anfängen bis zur Umsetzung methodisch durch Interviews mit den jeweiligen zentralen Personen und daran anknüpfende...