Spatial Spillovers and Innovation Activity in European Regions

Bibliographic Data

ID7761172
AuthorsR Moreno (0000-0002-3500-8622, AQR—Regional Quantitative Analysis Research Group, Department of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Diagonal, 690, 08034 Barcelona, Spain, corresponding author), Raffaele Paci (0000-0003-0301-438X, CRENoS, University of Cagliari, Via S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari, Italy, corresponding author), Stefano Usai (0000-0001-5619-1350, CRENoS, University of Cagliari, Via S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari, Italy, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume37
Issue10
Pages1793-1812
Publication date2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1068/a37341
OpenAlexW2742874152
LanguageEN
Citations received102
References cited27

This paper explores the spatial distribution of innovative activity and the role of technological spillovers in the process of knowledge creation and diffusion across 175 regions of seventeen countries in Europe (the fifteen members of the pre-2004 European Union plus Switzerland and Norway). The analysis is based on a databank set up by CRENoS on regional patenting at the European Patent Office, spanning 1978–2001 and classified by ISIC sectors. The first step is an exploratory spatial data analysis of the dissemination of innovative activity in Europe. The goal of the rest of the paper is to analyse to what extent externalities that cross regional boundaries can explain the spatial association process detected in the distribution of innovative activity in the European regions. The framework given by the knowledge-production function together with the use of spatial econometrics techniques allow us to look for insights on the mechanics of knowledge interdependences across regions, which are shown to exist. Empirical results point to the relevance of internal regional factors (R&D expenditure and agglomeration economies). Moreover, the production of knowledge appears also to be affected by spatial spillovers due to innovative activity (both patenting and R&D) performed in other regions. Additional results show that spillovers are mostly constrained by national borders within less than 250 km, and that technological similarity between regions also matters

Data science · Econometric model · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · European patent office · European union · Exploratory analysis · Geography · International trade · Knowledge production · Political science · Regional science · Spatial analysis · Spatial econometrics · Computer Science · Firm Innovation and Growth · Regional Development and Policy · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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