The geography of innovation in a small metropolitan region: An intra‐regional approach in Luxembourg |
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Authors: | Vincent Dautel Olivier Walther |
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Affiliation: | Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies (CEPS/INSTEAD), , L‐4364 Esch/Belval, Luxembourg |
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Abstract: | The objective of the paper is to analyse the local determinants of innovation in a small European metropolitan region. First, we examine the extent to which geographic space is a determinant of innovation for five intra‐regional units. Second, we investigate whether innovation is dependent on accessibility to the mean centre. In both cases we examine innovation propensity and innovation output using microdata from the Community Innovation Survey carried out in Luxembourg. The paper provides evidence of a link between the effects on innovation at the intra‐regional level of firms' profiles and agglomeration externalities. |
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Keywords: | O31 O38 C14 R11 R12 Intra‐regional innovation location factors firms' profile local polynomial regression Luxembourg |
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