Technological interdependence and regional growth in Europe: Proximity and synergy in knowledge spillovers

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 697-722

  Basile, Roberto ^a   Capello, Roberta ^b   Caragliu, Andrea ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Regions; Relational proximity; Semiparametric additive models; Social proximity; Technological proximity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; KNOWLEDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; SYNERGISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869092599     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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