Knowledge, networks of cities and growth in regional urban systems
Trullén i Thomàs, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Boix Domenech, Rafael (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada

Fecha:	2006
Descripción:	30 p.
Resumen:	The objective of this paper is to measure the impact of different kinds of knowledge and external economies on urban growth in an intraregional context. The main hypothesis is that knowledge leads to growth, and that this knowledge is related to the existence of agglomeration and network externalities in cities. We develop a three-tage methodology: first, we measure the amount and growth of knowledge in cities using the OCDE (2003) classification and employment data; second, we identify the spatial structure of the area of analysis (networks of cities); third, we combine the Glaeser - Henderson - De Lucio models with spatial econometric specifications in order to contrast the existence of spatially static (agglomeration) and spatially dynamic (network) external economies in an urban growth model. Results suggest that higher growth rates are associated to higher levels of technology and knowledge. The growth of the different kinds of knowledge is related to local and spatial factors (agglomeration and network externalities) and each knowledge intensity shows a particular response to these factors. These results have implications for policy design, since we can forecast and intervene on local knowledge development paths.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Colección:	Departament d'Economia Aplicada. Documents de treball
Colección:	Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 0504
Documento:	Working paper

30 p, 2.2 MB

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