Planes, Trains and Automobiles : The Importance of Location for Knowledge Transfer in the Transportation Sector

Using over 200,000 U.S. patent citations, we test whether knowledge transfers in the transportation sector are sensitive to distance, and whether that sensitivity has changed over time. Controlling for self-citation by inventor, assignee and examiner, multivariate regression analysis shows that physical distance is becoming less important for spillovers with time, albeit in a nonlinear fashion

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Moore, Jeff ; Johnson, Daniel K. N. ; Acri née Lybecker, Kristina M.L
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Wissenstransfer \| Knowledge transfer \| Verkehrstechnik \| Traffic engineering \| Regionales Cluster \| Regional cluster \| Patent

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Series:	Colorado College Working Paper ; No. 2012-10
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 10, 2012 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2080863 [DOI]
Classification:	L62 - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment ; R3 - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location ; L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior ; Q55 - Technological Innovation
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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