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Reconsidering The Drivers Of Territorial Innovation: New Evidence On The Spatial Knowledge Production Function In The Eu Regions

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  • Elena Calegari

    (Department of Economics and Social Science, Universita` Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza)

  • Enrico Fabrizi

    (Department of Economics and Social Science, Universita` Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza)

  • Giovanni Guastella

    (Department of Mathematics and Physics, Universita` Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia)

  • Francesco Timpano

    (Department of Economics and Social Science, Universita` Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza)

Abstract

The paper explores the heterogeneity behind the production of innovation at the regional level. We empirically estimate the innovation equation with EU regional data using either patents or innovative sales in the region as dependent variable. The empirical model accounts for external, spillover, effects and allows for parameter heterogeneity among pre-selected groups of regions. Findings suggest that expenditures in Research & Development (R&D) lead to patents while non-R&D expenditures drive the innovative sales. For both types of expenditure, we find relatively weaker effects on innovation in the regions belonging to the New Member States and in Convergence regions but we find significant spillover effects. The evidence provides full support to the argument that a faster diffusion of knowledge can accelerate the process of technological convergence in Europe, but still draws a picture of the innovation Union characterized by a marked and persistent core-periphery pattern

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  • Elena Calegari & Enrico Fabrizi & Giovanni Guastella & Francesco Timpano, 2017. "Reconsidering The Drivers Of Territorial Innovation: New Evidence On The Spatial Knowledge Production Function In The Eu Regions," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 125(3), pages 277-296.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2017:v:125:i:3:p:277-296
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    Keywords

    Knowledge production; Spatial Spillovers; EU regions; Spatial Econometrics;
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    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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