TY - UNPB

T1 - Innovation across cities

AU - Soo, Kwok Tong

PY - 2015/12

Y1 - 2015/12

N2 - This paper examines the distribution of patenting activity across cities in the OECD, using a sample of 218 cities from 2000 to 2008. We obtain three main results. First, patenting activity is more concentrated than population and GDP. Second, patenting activity is less persistent than population and GDP. Third, patenting exhibits mean-reversion, and is positively associated with GDP, the fragmentation of local government, and population density. Our results suggest that policymakers can influence the amount of innovative activity through the use of appropriate policies.

AB - This paper examines the distribution of patenting activity across cities in the OECD, using a sample of 218 cities from 2000 to 2008. We obtain three main results. First, patenting activity is more concentrated than population and GDP. Second, patenting activity is less persistent than population and GDP. Third, patenting exhibits mean-reversion, and is positively associated with GDP, the fragmentation of local government, and population density. Our results suggest that policymakers can influence the amount of innovative activity through the use of appropriate policies.

KW - Patents

KW - Zipf’s Law

KW - transition probability

KW - dynamic panel data

M3 - Working paper

T3 - Economics Working Paper Series

BT - Innovation across cities

PB - Lancaster University, Department of Economics

CY - Lancaster

ER -