Knowledge spillovers and the growth of British cities

Yener Altunbas, Edward Jones and John Thornton

Applied Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 20, issue 2, 162-166

Abstract: The relative importance of intra-industry or inter-industry knowledge spillovers for the growth of cities remains an open question. Using a unique data set on the growth of 109 British cities during 1951--1991, we find evidence suggesting that the most important knowledge spillovers occur between rather than within industries, which is consistent with Jacobs (1969, 1985).

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.684773

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