Purpose - This paper assesses dynamics of the knowledge economy (KE)-finance nexus using the four variables identified … under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary dynamics of depth, efficiency …

questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different … possible different attitudes and patterns of innovation that we control for, such as regional preconditions for knowledge and …

This paper assesses the relevance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the knowledge economy (KE)-finance nexus … using the four variables identified under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary …