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The spatial dimension of the R&D expenditures in the Belgian enterprise sector

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  • André Spithoven
  • Peter Teirlinck

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This empirical article describes the spatial dimension of R&D expenditures in the business enterprise sector in Belgium. When looking at the regional dispersion of GDP per employee between 1992 and 1999 at the "regional", "provincial", and "district" level, we find that the inequality grows and that the highest dispersion of GDP per employee is at the district level. R&D is considered to be a main source for economic development. This leads us to believe that within the Belgian regions dispersion of R&D activities is not decreasing, and as such--in contrast with most national and international practice--this level is not the most appropriate level to conduct a "regional" R&D study. This article is a first attempt to analyse, in a more detailed way and on the basis of the original data stemming from the R&D surveys, the private R&D expenditures in Belgium at the district level.

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  • André Spithoven & Peter Teirlinck, 2002. "The spatial dimension of the R&D expenditures in the Belgian enterprise sector," Brussels Economic Review, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, vol. 45(4), pages 157-186.
    • Handle: RePEc:bxr:bxrceb:y:2002:v:45:i:4:p:157-185
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    1. Jiafeng Gu, 2021. "Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(8), pages 6659-6680, August.

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    Keywords

    R&D; Analyse Régionale; Distribution spatiale; Belgique; Régional Analysis; Spatial distribution; Belgium;
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    JEL classification:

    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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