The complementary effects of proximity dimensions on knowledge spillovers

Raffaele Paci, Emanuela Marrocu and Stefano Usai

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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of various proximity dimensions on the innovative capacity of 276 regions in Europe within a knowledge production function model, where R&D and human capital are included as the main internal inputs. We combine the standard geographical proximity with the technological, social and organizational ones to assess whether they are substitutes or complements in channelling knowledge spillovers. Results show that all proximities have a significant complementary role in generating an important flow of knowledge across regions, with technological closeness showing the most important effect.

Keywords: knowledge production; spatial models; human capital; proximity; spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 O18 O31 O52 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-eff, nep-geo, nep-hrm, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-sbm and nep-ure
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