Regional knowledge production in nanomaterials: A spatial filtering approach

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-541

  Grimpe, Christoph ^a,b   Patuelli, Roberto ^c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^d Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MODELING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84857372499     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0355-y     Document Type: Article

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