The co-evolution of proximities - a network level study

Tom Broekel (tom.brokel@uis.no)

No 1217, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: Despite the growing number of studies, still little is known about how network structures and proximity relations between linked actors evolve over time. Arguments are put forward for the existence of co-evolution dynamics between different types of proximity configurations within networks. An empirical investigation tests these arguments using information on the development of 280 networks. Amongst others, it is shown that institutional and cognitive proximity configurations coevolve in the short as well as in the long-run. While institutional and social proximity configurations are only related in the long run. Moreover, temporal auto-correlation dynamics characterizes the development of cognitive proximity configurations.

Keywords: proximities; co-evolution; R&D subsidies; knowledge networks; network evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2012-09, Revised 2012-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-evo, nep-geo, nep-net, nep-soc and nep-ure
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