Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/23975 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 03-40
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Knowledge flows within and across countries should be carriers of important learning spillovers. We use data on 1.5 million patents and 4.5 million citations to analyze knowledge flows across 147 subnational regions. We estimate that only 15% of average knowledge is learned outside the average region of origin, and only 9% outside the country of origin. However, knowledge in highly technological sectors flows substantially farther and knowledge generated by technological leaders does also. If compared to trade flows, knowledge flows reach much farther. Moreover, external accessible knowledge has very strong external impact on innovation for a panel of 113 European and North American regions over 22 years.
Subjects: 
Knowledge Flows
Gravity Equation
R&D Spillovers
Patent Citations
Regions
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
580.16 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.