Culture and knowledge spillovers in Europe: new perspectives for innovation and convergence policies ?

Caroline Hussler ()
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Caroline Hussler: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Using European patent citations, we examine the geography of knowledge flows within Europe. We aim at analysing whether technologies flow more rapidly among countries that share similar economic, geographic, technological or cultural characteristics. The specificity of our approach consists in integrating indicators of culture and cultural similarity. The empirical results suggest that cultural distance has only a mitigated and moderate impact in comparison with other proximities. On the contrary, cultural belonging is shown to influence the geography of knowledge flows and innovation. More precisely, if some populations develop thanks to external knowledge exploitation, others rather explore internal new ideas and knowledge. In such a differentiated context (we find three types of culture), the efficiency of innovative policy seems to be culturally dependent.

Keywords: Culture; Knowledge spillovers; Proximity; Europe; Innovation policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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Published in Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2004, 13 (6), pp.523-541. ⟨10.1080/1043859042000234302⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000234302

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