Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297162 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
LEM Working Paper Series No. 2024/07
Publisher: 
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa
Abstract: 
This paper delves into geographical agglomeration patterns of economic activities focusing on the connection between these agglomeration tendencies and sectoral patterns of innovative activities. Within a broad evolutionary perspective, we refine upon incumbent statistical models, trying to distinguish between intra- and inter-sectoral agglomerative forces, conditional on different types of sectoral innovative activities. Utilizing data spanning three distinct years, a decade apart, we investigate the systematic nature of spatial distributions, the relationship between agglomeration drivers and technological paradigms, and shifts in agglomerative tendencies over time. Our findings suggest that economic space is far from uniform, but the spatial heterogeneity differs across sectors as it is driven by various factors, including increasing returns, urbanization advantages, and sector-specific forms of knowledge generation and diffusion.
Subjects: 
spatial agglomeration
evolutionary economic geography
increasing returns
externalities
knowledge specificities
Pavitt taxonomy
JEL: 
E12
E25
P16
C67
O14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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