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Structural characteristics of industrial clusters and regional innovation

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  • Mo, Changwei
  • He, Chaohua
  • Yang, Lingna

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By investigating 46 industrial clusters in 286 Chinese cities, this paper shows that: (1) regional innovation occurs mainly in traded industrial clusters; (2) regional innovation is positively related to the level of industrial cluster specialization but irrelevant to industrial cluster diversification; (3) R&D is consistently conducive to regional innovation.

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  • Mo, Changwei & He, Chaohua & Yang, Lingna, 2020. "Structural characteristics of industrial clusters and regional innovation," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:188:y:2020:i:c:s0165176520300355
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109003
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    Keywords

    Traded industrial cluster; Local industrial cluster; Industrial cluster specialization; Industrial cluster diversification; Regional innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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