The formation of urban centers under R&D and spillover externalities

Arbeitspapier

This paper proposes a model of urban agglomeration in conjunction with imperfect competition and endogenous product R&D of firms. The quality of differentiated manufacturing goods is a result of R&D services provided by research firms. Sectoral interactions are subject to spatially dependent transaction costs and (knowledge) spillover externalities. The paper analyzes the existence of fundamental city patterns with respect to R&D intensity and the degree of localization in knowledge production. The model features three equilibrium formations: a monocentric, a mixed, and a perfectly integrated pattern, whereas the R&D intensity always increases towards the city center. However, product quality and the corresponding R&D expenditures of firms are not necessarily increasing with the city size; a result, which also renders decisive implications of local innovation policy.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Diskussionsbeitrag ; No. 430

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Land Use Patterns
• Thema: Bid-rent ; Land Use ; R&D ; Externalities ; Stadtzentrum ; Agglomerationseffekt ; Industrielle Forschung ; Unternehmensdienstleistung ; Spillover-Effekt ; Städtische Bodennutzung ; Theorie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kranich, Jan
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
• (wo): Hannover
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/37106
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ