Spatial convergence and spillovers in American invention

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 866-886

  Ó hUallacháin, Breandán ^a   Leslie, Timothy F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Invention; Regional growth; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745218271     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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