Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266483 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ifh Working Paper No. 39/2022
Publisher: 
Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh), Göttingen
Abstract: 
This paper contributes to the new literature on the role of personality for regional innovativeness by examining whether this role varies between different types of regions. Building on regionally aggregated levels of individual Big Five personality traits, we find that only extraversion has a positive effect on patenting in German regions. Its impact is particularly important in lagging regions. We interpret this result as an indication of the compensatory role of collaboration for the innovativeness of lagging regions characterized by low levels of (business) R&D, which demonstrates the need for place-sensitive policies that take into account different modes of innovation.
Subjects: 
Innovation
Big Five
Personality
Lagging regions
JEL: 
J24
O18
O30
R1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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