Do universities affect firms’ location decisions? Evidence from Spain

Néstor Néstor Duch-Brown () and Javier García-Estévez ()
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Néstor Néstor Duch-Brown: University of Barcelona & IEB
Javier García-Estévez: University of Barcelona & IEB
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No 2011/7, Working Papers from Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)

Abstract: Human capital, scientific research, and technology are the three chief mechanisms promoting knowledge spillovers from universities to firms. Based on a study of the impact of Spain’s 1983 University Reform Act (LRU), which opened the door to the foundation of new universities and faculties, this paper examines whether university (or faculty) location affects the creation of new firms within a given province. We conclude that the foundation of science and social science faculties has had a marked impact on the creation of firms.

Keywords: universities; firm location; spillovers; poisson regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 I23 O31 R12 R39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2011
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