Regional economic divide and the role of technological spillovers in Italy. Evidence from microdata

Francesco Aiello () and Paola Cardamone ()

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2012, vol. 23, issue 3, 205-220

Abstract: This paper assesses the impact of Research and Development (R&D) efforts on production in the North and Centre-South of Italy by using a panel of 1,203 manufacturing firms over the period 1998–2003. The estimations are based on a nonlinear translog production function augmented by a measure of R&D spillovers. This measure combines the geographical distance between firms, the technological similarity within each pair of firms and the technical efficiency of each firm. The estimation method takes into account the endogeneity of regressors and the potential sample selection issue regarding firms’ decisions to invest in R&D. The two main results are as follows. Internal and external R&D have a lower impact in the Centre-South of Italy than in the rest of the country and they are weak substitutes whatever the area.

Keywords: R&D spillovers; Italian economic divide; Translog production function; Technical efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 L29 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Working Paper: REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVIDE AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SPILLOVERS IN ITALY. EVIDENCE FROM MICRODATA (2010)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2012.03.001

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