Arbeitspapier

On the predictability of knowledge formation: The tortuous link between regional specialisation and development

The paper examines the relation between industrial mix and regional productivity growth. For this purpose, a dynamic model of the open economy with differentiated sectoral knowledge formation and incomplete interregional knowledge diffusion is constructed. The theoretical framework is first used to show the consequences of increasing globalisation on regional growth. It is then applied to German regional data in order to investigate whether there is evidence of generally specified patterns of knowledge formation. It emerges that some causal relationships are robust for the case of German regions but cannot be exploited by economic policy in general.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionspapiere ; No. 04/1999

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Subject
Regional growth
sectoral specialisation
knowledge formation
German regions
Regionale Wachstumstheorie
Neue Wachstumstheorie
Wissen
Innovationsdiffusion
Spillover-Effekt
Regionale Arbeitsteilung
Schätzung
Theorie
Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bretschger, Lucas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Universität Greifswald, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät
(where)
Greifswald
(when)
1999

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bretschger, Lucas
  • Universität Greifswald, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Time of origin

  • 1999

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