Seeds of regional structural change. The role of entrepreneurs and expanding firms in shaping local path dependencies

Frank Neffke and Martin Henning ()

No 1005, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: This article studies path dependent regional structural change using a quantitative framework. Based on an inter-relatedness indicator, the degree to which local skill-bases exist and force local economies onto a path-dependent development trajectory is studied. The main question is into which local industries new plants enter, while distinguishing between the plants of entrepreneurs and firms. Using a dataset on Swedish individuals and municipalities, it is found that entrepreneurs tend to reinforce established local industrial specializations, whereas new plants of already existing firms do less so. Moreover, outside actors deepen local economy's core specialization more than do local actors.

Keywords: structural change; economic geography; path dependence; entrepreneurship; skill-relatedness; human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J62 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2010-04, Revised 2010-04
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