Research and Development, Regional Spillovers and the Location of Economic Activities

Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers from University of Molise, Department of Economics

Abstract: I present an endogenous growth model that studies the effects of local inter-industry and intra-industry knowledge spillovers in R&D on the allocation of economic activities between two regions. The equilibrium is the result of a tension between a centripetal force, the cost of transporting goods from one region to the other, and a centrifugal force, the cost increase associated with life in a more crowded area. The presence of local knowledge spillovers, which determines the concentration of the R&D activities within one region, also introduces a further centripetal force that makes impossible a symmetric allocation of the economic activities. The concentration of R&D fosters the equilibrium rate of growth of the economy with respect to the case of no-integration, by increasing the positive effect of local knowledge spillovers. Contrary to the findings of the majority of models in the new economic geography literature, within this framework a reduction in the transport costs may be associated with a more even spatial location of economic activities.

Keywords: endogenous growth; local spillovers; regional location. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O41 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2003-07-18
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-geo, nep-ino and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Research and Development, Regional Spillovers and the Location of Economic Activities (2004)
Working Paper: Research and Development, Regional Spillovers, and the Location of Economic Activities (1998)
Working Paper: Research and Development, Regional Spillovers, and the Location of Economic Activities (1998)
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