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The Analysis of Location, Co-location and Urbanisation Economics

Johansson, Börje; Forslund, Ulla - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2005

Using the taxonomy by Anselin (2003), this paper investigates how the inclusion of spatially discounted variables on the ‘right-hand-side’ (RHS) in empirical spatial models affects the extent of spatial autocorrelation. The basic proposition is that the inclusion of inputs external to the...

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On the specification of regression models with spatial dependence - an application of the accessibility concept

Andersson, Martin; Gråsjö, Urban - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006

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Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation, information technology, and competition: evidence from France.

Chevalier, P-A.; Lecat, R.; Oulton, N. - Banque de France - 2009

productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … level. This article sheds light on this convergence process in the 1990s and the 2000s in France and on some of the factors … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

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Productivity of and Returns to Knowledge Investments

Andersson, Åke E - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

Information and knowledge are essential to the decision making of firms. However, information is a primitive in the formation of knowledge. Information and the related concepts of risk and surprise are primarily of importance for rational decision making while knowledge is a form of...

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Creative Destruction and Productivity – entrepreneurship by type, sector and sequence

Andersson, Martin; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Thulin, Per - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011

Schumpeter claimed the entrepreneur to be instrumental for creative destruction and industrial dynamics. Entrepreneurial entry serves to transform and revitalize industries, thereby enhancing their competiveness. This paper investigates if entry of new firms influences productivity amongst...

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Spatial Density and Productivity – an analysis on one-by-one kilometer squares

Andersson, Martin; Klaesson, Johan; P Larsson, Johan - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011

This paper reassesses the relationship between density and productivity by using detailed geo-coded data on wages and employment in Sweden. The contribution is empirical and builds on an analysis of spatial units of exactly the same size in terms of geographic surface. The data divide Sweden...

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Agglomeration, Diversity and Regional Growth

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Borgman, Benny - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006

The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the importance of the structure of agglomeration on productivity and growth. To accomplish this we will include the degree of co-agglomeration of similar industries as an explanatory variable in the empirical analysis, while simultaneously...

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Is Entrepreneurship the Salvation for Enhanced Economic Growth?

Nyström, Kristina - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2008

During the last decades, enhancing entrepreneurship has emerged as commonly used policy- measure in order to improve economic growth. However, is it true that entrepreneurship unambiguously can be claimed to improve economic growth? This paper intends to review the empirical evidence on the...

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Accessibility: a useful analytical and empirical tool in spatial economics – experiences from Sweden

Karlsson, Charlie; Gråsjö, Urban - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

Accessibility has for many years been a widely used tool in transportation research. Many definitions have been suggested and researchers have constructed numerous mathematical formulations to measure its value to be able to evaluate the relationships between the nature of the transport systems...

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Regional productivity effects of multinational firm affiliates

Andersson, Martin; Gråsjö, Urban; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014

Multinational firms (MNFs) have been shown to have a set of defining characteristics. Compared to domestic firms, they have a larger fraction of skilled workers, higher R&D to sales ratios and established networks to knowledge sources in several different countries. As illustrated by the...

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