Do R&D activities matter for productivity? A regional spatial approach assessing the role of human and social capital

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• 作者：Marta Bengoa^a ; ^{mbengoa@ccny.cuny.edu} ; Valeriano Martí ; nez-San Romá ; n^b ; ^{martinezv@unican.es} ; Patricio Pé ; rez^b ; ^{perezp@unican.es}
• 关键词：C23 ; O18 ; O47
• 刊名：Economic Modelling
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：60
• 期：Complete
• 页码：448-461
• 全文大小：739 K
• 卷排序：60

文摘

We estimate the long-run impact of R&D activities on TFP in Spanish regions for 1980–2007. We control for direct and spatial effects from Human and Social Capital. Public R&D and patents capture R&D effectiveness better than R&D private. We find negative spatial spillovers from Human and Social capital on regional TFP. TFP increases when neighbouring territories engage in R&D activities