Does location matter for firm R&D behaviour Some empirical evidence

Anni Lene Broberg ()

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Abstract: Taking inspiration from KLEINKNECHT and POOTs (1992) survey this paper examine whether regional location matters for Danish firms" R&D performance. The urban hierarchy hypothesis is examined on the micro dataset obtained by merging Danish R&D statistics with account data. Both the logit analysis on the probability of firms undertaking R&D and tobit analysis on R&D intensities reveals that the R&D performances of firms located in urban agglomerations are greater than for firms elsewhere. Other non-regional factors such as ownership (dependence), industry and age are as well estimated to have a significant influence on firms" R&D performance. In addition, the firmÂ’s size and market share respectively has a significant affect on the probability of firms undertaking R&D and R&D intensity. However, comparing non-regional with regional dummies, the non-regional dummy variables seem to be of more importance.

Date: 2001-08
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