Determinants of long-run regional productivity: the role of R&D, human capital and public infrastructure
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Keywords
Total factor productivity; research and development; public infrastructure; human capital; panel cointegration;JEL classification:
- O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2006-10-07 (Efficiency & Productivity)
- NEP-GEO-2006-10-07 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-HRM-2006-10-07 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
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