Firm exports, innovation and the regional dimension in Spain

Bibliographic Data

ID10404608
AuthorsEnrique López‐bazo (0000-0002-4654-8237, Regional Quantitative Analysis Research Group (AQR), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., corresponding author), Elisabet Motellón (0000-0002-5461-2825, Regional Quantitative Analysis Research Group (AQR), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.)
Year2017
Volume52
Issue4
Pages490-502
Publication date2017-06-27
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343404.2017.1332406
OpenAlexW2727339141
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited35

Firm exports, innovation and the regional dimension in Spain. Regional Studies. Firm-level data are used to estimate the effect of product and process innovations on firms’ exports in each Spanish NUTS-2 region. Results show that the effect of innovation on exports is far from regionally uniform. The gap in the propensity to export between innovative and non-innovative firms, conditional to other sources of firm heterogeneity, is shown to be particularly wide in regions with a high extensive margin of exports. An immediate implication is that policies aiming at stimulating innovation, which are likely to be effective in increasing the number of exporting firms, will not exert the same effect in all regions

Business · Dimension (graph theory · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Industrial organization · International trade · Margin (machine learning · Product (mathematics · Regional development · Regional science · Regional studies · Firm Innovation and Growth · Global trade and economics · International Business and FDI

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