Metropolitan patenting, inventor agglomeration and social networks: A tale of two effects

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 871-884

  Lobo, José ^a   Strumsky, Deborah ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventor aggregation; Metropolitan patenting productivity; Network effects; Social networks of inventors

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049105480     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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