Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/311934 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17495
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we examine whether, and if so how, an economy's deliberate policy choices of regional cooperation and integration influence underlying determinants of economic growth. Building on models of growth and innovation, we analyze the role of regional integration on labor productivity and firms' probability to innovate using data from a panel of 170 economies and 60,000 firms over a period of two decades. Our results suggest that regionalism, as captured by metrics of regional cooperation and integration, can positively contribute to labor productivity and innovation, in addition to known factors of production.
Subjects: 
regional integration
productivity
innovation
Asia
JEL: 
F02
F15
O4
O30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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