Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32639 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 0814
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
Entry into an industry often clusters in regions where the industry is already concentrated, which is suggestive of agglomeration economies. Regional public research activities may exert another attracting force on entrants into science-based industries. Empirically these proximity effects are confounded by other influences on where entrants originate and locate. This paper begins to disentangle the effects of agglomeration, public research, and the supply of capable entrants for the German laser industry. Our findings indicate that the industry's geography was shaped by the local availability of potential entrants rather than localization economies. The impact of public research increased over time.
Subjects: 
Industry clusters
agglomeration economies
public research
entry
heritage
JEL: 
L26
M13
R30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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