Determinants of spatial knowledge spillovers in Italian provinces

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-37

  Caragliu, Andrea ^a   Del Bo, Chiara ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Knowledge spillovers; Spatial econometrics; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EXPENDITURE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ITALY;

EID: 78649908405     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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