<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper examines the effects of intra- and inter-regional knowledge spillovers on innovative activities in German states using the augmented Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function. The “Harris market potential” type index is calculated to proxy for inter-regional knowledge transfers of two types: industrial knowledge transfers generated from the business enterprise sector and academic spillovers generated from universities across all German states. The model also includes the concentration of high-tech enterprises, in order to capture the agglomeration effect in the local economy. The estimation results reveal that not only do local private and university research efforts have a positive and significant effect on local innovative activities, but there are also important interregional knowledge spillovers across the German regions.</p></abstract>

The paper examines the effects of intra- and inter-regional knowledge spillovers on innovative activities in German states using the augmented Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function. The “Harris market potential” type index is calculated to proxy for inter-regional knowledge transfers of two types: industrial knowledge transfers generated from the business enterprise sector and academic spillovers generated from universities across all German states. The model also includes the concentration of high-tech enterprises, in order to capture the agglomeration effect in the local economy. The estimation results reveal that not only do local private and university research efforts have a positive and significant effect on local innovative activities, but there are also important interregional knowledge spillovers across the German regions.

Knowledge Creation and Regional Spillovers: Empirical Evidence from Germany

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The paper examines the effects of intra- and inter-regional knowledge spillovers on innovative activities in German states using the augmented Griliches-Jaffe...

Knowledge Creation and Regional Spillovers: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 184 - 189

Received: Jan 20, 2017

Accepted: Nov 15, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0033

Keywords
Augmented Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function, innovation, knowledge spillovers, regions, Germany

© by Tinatin Akhvlediani

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Knowledge Creation and Regional Spillovers: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 184 - 189

Received: Jan 20, 2017

Accepted: Nov 15, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0033

KeywordsAugmented Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function, innovation, knowledge spillovers, regions, Germany

© by Tinatin Akhvlediani

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Augmented Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function, innovation, knowledge spillovers, regions, Germany