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2001
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Kiel Working Paper No. 1058
Verlag: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Zusammenfassung: 
Based on a standard idea-based model of endogenous growth we test the hypothesis that regional innovative activity is path-dependent, and investigate the geographical scope of knowledge spillovers. Using data for West-German regions, two alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are specified. One is based on patent applications, the other on numbers of researchers. With patents as indicator the path-dependence hypothesis is rejected, and knowledge spillovers from neighboring regions appear to be irrelevant. With numbers of researchers as indicator, by contrast, there is evidence for both path-dependence, and the relevance of interregional knowledge spillovers. Several extensions and refinements are discussed which may help resolving these apparent contradictions.
Schlagwörter: 
knowledge spillovers
path-dependence
endogenous growth
spatial econometrics
Germany
regional innovation
JEL: 
R11
C21
O31
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