What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: A survey of the literature
- Döring T. and Schnellenbach J. (2006) What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: a survey of the literature, Regional Studies 40, 375–395. Modern (endogenous) growth theory tells us that knowledge is crucial for the sustained growth of high-income economies. Against this background, the paper provides a survey of theoretical and empirical findings highlighting the question of how geographically limited knowledge diffusion can help to explain clusters of regions with persistently different levels of growth. It discusses this topic in two steps. First, the theoretical concept of knowledge spillovers is outlined by discussing the different types of knowledge, the spatial dimension of knowledge spillovers, and the geographical mechanisms and structural conditions of knowledge diffusion. Second, it analyses the empirical evidence concerning the theoretical propositions.
Author: | Thomas Döring, Jan SchnellenbachORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400600632739 |
ISSN: | 0034-3404 |
Title of the source (English): | Regional Studies |
Document Type: | Scientific journal article peer-reviewed |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2006 |
Contributing Corporation: | University of Kassel, Department for Public Economics, Philipps-University Marburg |
Tag: | Diffusion of innovations; Innovation; Knowledge spillovers; Regional growth; Research and development |
Volume/Year: | 40 |
Issue number: | 3 |
First Page: | 375 |
Last Page: | 395 |
Faculty/Chair: | Fakultät 5 Wirtschaft, Recht und Gesellschaft / FG VWL, insbesondere Mikroökonomik |