Spreading the word: geography, policy and knowledge spillovers

Belenzon, Sharon and Schankerman, Mark (2013) Spreading the word: geography, policy and knowledge spillovers. Review of Economics and Statistics, 95 (3). pp. 884-903. ISSN 0034-6535

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Using new data on citations to university patents and scientific publications, we study how geography affects university knowledge spillovers. Citations to patents decline sharply with distance and are strongly constrained by state borders. The effect of distance on citations to scientific publications is less sharp, and the state border effect on publications is significant only for lower quality public universities. We show that the state border effect is heterogeneous and strongly influenced by university/state characteristics and policies. It is larger for universities that are public and that have strong local development policies, and in states with strong non-compete labor laws, greater reliance on in-state educated scientists, and lower rates of interstate scientific labor mobility. We confirm the impact of non-compete statutes by studying a policy reform in Michigan.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/rest
Additional Information:	© 2012 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Divisions:	Economics STICERD
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory University Structure > Language Centre
JEL classification:	K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K41 - Litigation Process L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L24 - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2013 14:07
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2024 22:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/46853

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