Knowledge spillover from universities to university science parks: evidence from Chinese park-level data

Abstract

This paper offers a quantitive estimation of the knowledge spillover effect of university on the productivity of university science park(USP) in China, using a large sample of panel data which include 39 university science parks from 2001 to 2005. It is revealed that universities benefit USPpsilas productivity as a general rule. Furthermore, we found that the spillover effect possesses a remarkably regional characteristic: rarely noticeable in central and western China, but significantly strong and positive in eastern China.