An empirical test of geographic knowledge spillovers using geographic information systems and firm-level data

被引：104

作者：

Wallsten, SJ

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] World Bank, SIEPR, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS | 2001年 / 31卷 / 05期

关键词：

spillovers; agglomeration; GIS;

D O I：

10.1016/S0166-0462(00)00074-0

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Most research on economic geography focuses on large geographic areas, such as nations and states. I use a geographic information system and a firm-level dataset to explore agglomeration and spillovers at the firm level over discrete distances. I calculate the distance between each film-pair to explore co-location, and use these calculations to devise a test of spillovers: is participation in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which provides R&D grants to small firms, a function of whether nearby firms win SBIR grants? I find that the number of other SBIR firms within a fraction of a mile predicts whether a firm wins awards, even controlling for regional, firm, and industry characteristics. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：571 / 599

页数：29

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