An exploration of local R&D spillovers in France

Jacques MAIRESSE (CREST-ENSAE, UNU-MERIT & NBER) and Benoît MULKAY ()
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Cahiers du GRES from Groupement de Recherches Economiques et Sociales

Abstract: This paper is an attempt to assess the existence and magnitude of local research spillovers in France. We rely on the model of an extended production function (Cobb-Douglas and Translog) with both local and neighborhood R&D capital stocks. We estimate this model on 312 employment areas as of 1999, first for the whole economy, then separately for five large manufacturing industries. We find estimates of R&D capital elasticities with respect to productivity which are significant and plausible both within own-area and across neighboring areas, as well as within own-industry but not across different industries.

Keywords: Productivity; R&D; Local R&D Spillovers; Spatial Econometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O32 O47 C21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-eff, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-knm and nep-ure
Date: 2008

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Working Paper: An Exploration of Local R&D Spillovers in France (2008)
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