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...

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...

type="main" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>As Europe is currently characterized by huge disparities in the economic performance of “old” and “new” states, we investigate whether this is the result of local agglomeration—specialization and diversity—externalities. Our spatial econometric analysis focuses...</p>

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the determinants of employment growth at the local industry level. We estimate an empirical model in order to assess the role of different types of agglomeration economies to local growth controlling also for the presence of spatial dependence. The...

<?tlsb=-.02w>This paper explores the spatial distribution of innovative activity and the role of technological <?tws><?tlss><?tlsb>spillovers in the process of knowledge creation and diffusion across 175 regions of seventeen countries in Europe (the fifteen members of the pre-2004 European Union plus Switzerland and Norway)....</?tlsb></?tlss></?tws></?tlsb=-.02w>

PACI R. and USAI S. (2000) Technological enclaves and industrial districts: an analysis of the regional distribution of innovative activity in Europe, Reg. Studies 34 , 97-114. This paper explores the spatial distribution of innovative and productive activity across 109 regions of the European...