Is innovation (increasingly) concentrated in large cities? An international comparison

Volume: 50, Issue: 6, Pages: 104237 - 104237
Published: Jul 1, 2021
Abstract
There is a widely held belief that agglomeration economies encourage significantly more successful and productive innovation activities. Based on this belief some scholars even suggest that policies designed to stimulate innovation in non-urban areas are ineffective and a waste of resources. Investigating the geographic concentration of patented inventions in 14 developed countries, we find that in most countries patenting is geographically...
Paper Details
Title
Is innovation (increasingly) concentrated in large cities? An international comparison
Published Date
Jul 1, 2021
Volume
50
Issue
6
Pages
104237 - 104237
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