Creative industries, new business formation, and regional economic growth

Roberta Piergiovanni (), Martin Carree and Enrico Santarelli

Small Business Economics, 2012, vol. 39, issue 3, 539-560

Abstract: In this article we explore the impact of a series of factors, including creativity, intellectual property rights activities, new business formation, and the provision of amenities, on economic growth for 103 Italian provinces over the period spanning 2001 to 2006. Provincial growth rates are measured in terms of employment growth and value-added growth. The findings reveal that an increase in the number of firms active in the creative industries and net entry have a positive effect on regional employment growth. The share of legal immigrants is also found to positively impact employment growth. A high number of university faculties is found to lead to less employment growth, whereas trademarks, patents, cultural amenities, and industrial districts have no significant effect. Value-added growth is for a large part determined by employment growth, but no additional productivity-enhancing effects of the factors discussed are found. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2012

Keywords: Regional growth; Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Italian provinces; O18; O34; R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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