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Between spilling over and boiling down: network-mediated spillovers, local knowledge base and productivity in European regions

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  • Nicola Cortinovis
  • Frank van Oort

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Productivity across European regions is related to three types of networks that mediate R&D-related knowledge spillovers: trade, co-patenting and geographical proximity. Both our panel and instrumental variable estimations for European regions suggest that network relations are crucial sources of R&D spillovers, but with potentially different features. Both import and co-patenting relations affect local productivity directly, but spillovers from innovation-leading regions are effective only when they are import-mediated and when recipient regions have a solid knowledge base. From a policy perspective, this may frustrate recent European policy initiatives, such as Smart Specialization, which are designed to benefit all regions in Europe.

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  • Nicola Cortinovis & Frank van Oort, 2019. "Between spilling over and boiling down: network-mediated spillovers, local knowledge base and productivity in European regions," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(6), pages 1233-1260.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:19:y:2019:i:6:p:1233-1260.
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    1. Nicola Cortinovis & Riccardo Crescenzi & Frank van Oort, 2020. "Multinational enterprises, industrial relatedness and employment in European regions [Innovation: mapping the winds of creative destruction]," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 20(5), pages 1165-1205.
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    Keywords

    Productivity; economic networks; trade; knowledge; regions;
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    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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