Spillovers in space: does geography matter?

Sergey Lychagin, Margaret E. Slade, Joris Pinkse and John van Reenen

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Abstract: Using US firm level panel data we simultaneously assess the contributions to productivity of three potential sources of research and development spillovers: geographic, technological, and product market (“horizontal”). To do so, we construct new measures of geographic proximity based on the distribution of a firm’s inventor locations as well as its headquarters. We find that geographic location is important for productivity, perhaps dominating other spillover mechanisms, and that both intra– and inter–regional (counties) spillovers matter. The geographic location of a firm’s researchers is more important than its headquarters. These benefits may be the reason why local policy–makers compete so hard for the location of local R&D labs and high tech workers.

Keywords: R&D spillovers; geographic proximity; technological proximity; horizontal proximity; spatial econometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 L60 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06-05
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Published in Journal of Industrial Economics, 5, June, 2016, 64(2), pp. 295 - 335. ISSN: 0022-1821

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Journal Article: Spillovers in Space: Does Geography Matter? (2016)
Working Paper: Spillovers in Space: Does Geography Matter? (2010)
Working Paper: Spillovers in Space: Does Geography Matter? (2010)
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