The complementary effects of proximity dimensions on knowledge spillovers

Emanuela Marrocu, Raffaele Paci, Stefano Usai

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of various proximity dimensions on the innovative capacity of 276 regions in Europe within a knowledge production function model, where R&D and human capital are included as the main internal inputs. We combine the standard geographical proximity with the institutional, technological, social and organizational ones to assess whether they are substitutes or complements in channelling knowledge spillovers. Results show that all proximities have a significant complementary role in generating an important flow of knowledge across regions, with the technological closeness playing the most relevant role.

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Year of publication:	January 2012 ; First edition: November 2011, second edition: January 2012
Authors:	Marrocu, Emanuela ; Paci, Raffaele ; Usai, Stefano
Published in:	Regions in motion : breaking the path : 52nd ERSA Congress : 21 - 25 August 2012, Bratislava, Slovakia
Publisher:	[Louvain-la-Neuve] : European Regional Science Association
Subject:	knowledge production \| spillovers \| proximity \| human capital \| weight matrix \| Wissenstransfer \| Knowledge transfer \| Spillover-Effekt \| Spillover effect \| Humankapital \| Human capital \| Produktivität \| Productivity \| Wissen \| Knowledge