In this paper, the Schumpeterian growth model developed by Ertur and Koch (2011) that includes spatial interactions between units of observation working via R&D spillovers is presented in detail. The implications of this model and three additional growth models with and without spatial...

We review the theoretical links between growth and agglomeration. Growth, in the form of innovation, can be at the origin of catastrophic spatial agglomeration in a cumulative process la Myrdal. One of the surprising features of the Krugman [Journal of Political Economy 99 (1991) 483499] model,...

Der Autor der vorliegenden Dissertation geht der Frage nach, welchen Einfluss technologische Spillover-Effekte auf das Wirtschaftswachstum haben, und ob ihre Existenz staatliche Eingriffe im Bereich von Forschung und Entwicklung (F&E) rechtfertigen kann. Im Rahmen der vorgenommenen theoretischen...