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State-Level Locational Determinants of Biotechnology Firms

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  • Stephan J. Goetz

    (University of Kentucky)

  • R. Shannon Morgan

    (University of Kentucky)

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The biotechnology industry has experienced remarkable growth since its inception, and growth prospects are strong for the remainder of the decade. In this article, the authors develop a formal model to discern factors affecting the location of biotechnology firms. The number of biotechnology firms per million residents in 1990, in each of the 50 states, is used as the dependent variable. Explanatory variables include traditional business-climate variables thought to influence firm location, as well as a set of variables hypothesized to specifically affect location in the biotechnology industry. In the estimation procedure, the authors separate variables that (a) affect the probability that a state has a biotechnology industry from those that (b) affect the number of biotechnology firms in a state, conditional on the state having such an industry.

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  • Stephan J. Goetz & R. Shannon Morgan, 1995. "State-Level Locational Determinants of Biotechnology Firms," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 9(2), pages 174-184, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecdequ:v:9:y:1995:i:2:p:174-184
    DOI: 10.1177/089124249500900206
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    1. Kolympiris, Christos & Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas & Miller, Douglas, 2014. "Public funds and local biotechnology firm creation," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 121-137.
    2. Goetz, Stephan J., 1998. "Location Decisions Of Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Firms: Estimating The Potential Impact Of Electric Utilities Deregulation," 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT 20951, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    3. Susan M. Walcott, 2002. "Analyzing an Innovative Environment: San Diego as a Bioscience Beachhead," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 16(2), pages 99-114, May.
    4. Sambidi, Pramod R. & Harrison, R. Wes, 2006. "Spatial Clustering of the U.S. Biotech Industry," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21360, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    5. Charisia Vlachou & Olga Iakovidou, 2015. "The Evolution Of Studies On Business Location Factors," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 20(04), pages 1-23, December.
    6. Ward F. Thomas & Paul Ong, 2004. "Locational Adjustments to Pollution Regulations: The South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Furniture Industry," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 18(3), pages 220-235, August.
    7. Shelley M. Kimelberg & Elizabeth Williams, 2013. "Evaluating the Importance of Business Location Factors: The Influence of Facility Type," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(1), pages 92-117, March.

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