Agglomeration and Networking in Academic Research

Hiroki Inoue, Hiromi Saito, Shigeru Sugihara, Shigeru Hirota and Taisuke Kameda

Economic Analysis, 2017, vol. 194, 93-124

Abstract: Research activity is crucial to economic growth. To effectively enhance science research, this paper investigates the mechanisms of producing high quality research by analyzing the determinants of research outcomes. These analyzed determinants include externalities, such as the benefits of agglomeration and network effects; the effects of the structure and nature of research networks, such as density and variety; and attributes of coauthors, such as publishing a certain quantity of papers or quality papers. This paper also contributes to the measurement of the quality of academic research by introducing several new indicators of quality. Our results show that agglomeration and the network effect are observed with diminishing effects, as the range of externalities goes farther away from a researcher, the exception being the collaboration with foreign researchers. Concerning network characteristics, linkage with prolific coauthors or organizers significantly contributes to a quantitative increase in research outcomes, but very little to qualitative outcomes. As such, it is the linkage with quality coauthors that enhance research quality. JEL Classification Code: I23, O39

Keywords: Research Productivity; Research Quality; Externality; Network Characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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