Research Clusters and Technology Diffusion

Paul Deng ()

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Abstract: Much of the debate over income convergence hinges on whether technology diffusion is “global” or “local”. In this paper, I address this question in a developing country setting and focus on the role of major research clusters in promoting domestic technology diffusion. I identify four de facto research centers in China and investigate whether the effect of R&D spillovers from these research clusters is related to both geographic and technological distances. I find that firms’ productivity gains from R&D spillovers from the research cluster decline with (i) increasing geographic distance away from the research cluster, and (ii) the technological gap between technology senders and recipients.

Keywords: Technology diffusion; Spillover; R&D; Productivity; Economic Geography; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 O3 O4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-04-28
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