Metropolitan Edison and cosmopolitan Pasteur? Agglomeration and interregional research network effects on European R&D productivity

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-263

  Varga, Attila ^a   Pontikakis, Dimitrios ^b   Chorafakis, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b OECD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; EU Framework Programs; Patents; Research networks; Technology spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894364023     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs041     Document Type: Article

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