Sergei Kichko , Wen-Jung Liang , Chao-Cheng Mai , Jacques-Francois Thisse , Ping Wang
{"title":"The rise (and fall) of tech clusters","authors":"Sergei Kichko , Wen-Jung Liang , Chao-Cheng Mai , Jacques-Francois Thisse , Ping Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tech clusters play a growing role in knowledge-based economies by accommodating high-tech firms and providing an environment that fosters location-dependent knowledge spillovers and promote R&D investments by firms. Yet, not much is known about the economic conditions under which such entities may form in equilibrium <em>without</em> government interventions. This paper develops a spatial equilibrium model with a competitive final sector and a monopolistically competitive intermediate sector, which allows us to determine necessary and sufficient conditions for a tech cluster to emerge as an equilibrium outcome. We show that strongly localized knowledge spillovers, skilled labor abundance, and low commuting costs are key drivers for a tech cluster to form. With continual improvements in infrastructure and communication technology that lowers distance decay in knowledge spillover or coordination costs, tech clusters will eventually be fragmented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 3","pages":"Article 100022"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819024000411/pdfft?md5=5f641fcd05dc9c8acda4de55bce8ebee&pid=1-s2.0-S1056819024000411-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140818426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ivan Marić , Ante Šiljeg , Fran Domazetović , Lovre Panđa , Rina Milošević , Silvija Šiljeg , Rajko Marinović
{"title":"How to delineate urban gravitational zones? GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis and Huff’s model in urban hierarchy modeling","authors":"Ivan Marić , Ante Šiljeg , Fran Domazetović , Lovre Panđa , Rina Milošević , Silvija Šiljeg , Rajko Marinović","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urban gravitational zones (UGZ) are related to cities' functions and population size. In strategic regional territorial planning adequate tools and detailed data are rarely used. This issue is not foreign to Croatia and other countries. How should the UGZ be accurately delineated for each city? A combination of Huff's model and GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) was used to delineate UGZ. In total, 95 criteria grouped into ten functions were used. The research resulted in a new methodological framework for deriving the urban hierarchy model, a tool that allows automation and simplification of the GIS-MCDA, and an urban hierarchy model of 20 major cities in Croatia.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 2","pages":"Article 100015"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819024000344/pdfft?md5=f21d3c1ae9ee02d99a9f8f7281e9b582&pid=1-s2.0-S1056819024000344-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140276572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smile-and-go. Regional performance through global value chains in Europe","authors":"Roberta Capello, Roberto Dellisanti","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>By applying the smile curve concept to regional value added growth rather than to levels, the paper claims that local value-added growth increases when a region is specialised in scarce natural resources or scarce human skills within a GVC. Under these circumstances, in fact, the region can establish favourable terms-of-trade. The results obtained at European regional level clearly show that regions rich of high and scarce skills and natural resources are those gaining the most out of GVCs’ participation, witnessing the existence of a “dynamic smile curve” and opening the issue of increasing regional inequalities in a period of global integration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 2","pages":"Article 100018"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105681902400037X/pdfft?md5=0dd1380a813cd81b189cec70ac93bc77&pid=1-s2.0-S105681902400037X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140328524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Resmini , Luca Bettarelli , Vieri Calogero , Simona Comi , Mara Grasseni
{"title":"One-size-does-not-fit-all: The heterogeneous impact of BITs on regions participating in GPNs","authors":"Laura Resmini , Luca Bettarelli , Vieri Calogero , Simona Comi , Mara Grasseni","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are vital for safeguarding and enhancing foreign investments, pivotal in Global Production Networks (GPNs). This study assesses the impact of BITs on GPNs driven by EU multinational enterprises, with a focus on regions hosting corporate headquarters due to their influence on the local economy. While considering the endogeneity of BITs and their diverse effects on GPN structures, our findings reveal a positive correlation between BITs and GPNs, notably stronger in less globally integrated regions. Additionally, the influence varies based on firms' network role (headquarters or subsidiaries) and the spatial distribution of headquarters. BITs stimulate GPNs in less internationalized regions but have minimal impact in headquarters-rich regions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 2","pages":"Article 100013"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819024000319/pdfft?md5=0b5f7e80372e4a07f2f65b01c1e7c0e3&pid=1-s2.0-S1056819024000319-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140295949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elias Giannakis , Adriana Bruggeman , Theofanis P. Mamuneas
{"title":"Regional economic resilience, productivity growth and sectoral interconnectedness","authors":"Elias Giannakis , Adriana Bruggeman , Theofanis P. Mamuneas","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper develops a theoretical model for the conceptualization and empirical analysis of regional economic resilience. Our production function framework is applied to empirically assess the effect of pre-crisis conditions on regional resilience accounting for exogenous changes in technology and changes in production factors. Spatial regression analysis indicates that intersectoral linkages are important factors for explaining the resilience of regions to negative exogenous shocks. A key finding of the study is the positive effect of the interconnectedness of agriculture, construction, and electrical, optical and transport equipment sectors on the ability of European Union regions to absorb the adverse effects of the 2008 economic crisis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 2","pages":"Article 100010"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819024000289/pdfft?md5=36ca19846ff3f3be54ce0dcc98cee892&pid=1-s2.0-S1056819024000289-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140295950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Yardstick competition in Italian waste legislation targets: How much does the type of neighbour matter?","authors":"Massimiliano Agovino , Katia Marchesano , Gaetano Musella","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Italian environmental laws set targets for separate waste collection (SWC) in a top-down public decision-making approach. This study uses quarterly data (2002Q1–2019Q1) on the 103 Italian provinces to investigate whether the targets activate a yardstick competition (YC) mechanism in SWC. Applying a two-regime spatial Durbin model, this study demonstrates that YC emerges in the sub-periods defined by target levels (35%, 45% and 65%) when using an inverse geographical distance matrix. Conversely, YC does not arise when proximity is defined in economic and institutional quality terms. Finally, the study proposes policy implications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 2","pages":"Article 100014"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819024000320/pdfft?md5=ff0ead81136809e7b335e63cfc6bcfb8&pid=1-s2.0-S1056819024000320-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140272290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Related diversification of high-quality technologies within Chinese cities","authors":"Zhiyuan Zhong , Qiang Wu , David Doloreux","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explores the diversification of high-quality technologies within Chinese cities from 2000 to 2015. Our results reveal that both high-quality and low-quality technological portfolios contribute to high-quality technological diversification. High-quality portfolios dominate this process as provide high-value knowledge that can be shared with new related technologies. Meanwhile, low-quality portfolios play a complementary role in this process by facilitating local knowledge deepening, in which existing low-value knowledge gradually evolves into high-value one through local interaction. Moreover, technological relatedness and interregional spillovers are substitutable when contributing to the diversification of high-quality technologies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 2","pages":"Article 100012"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819024000307/pdfft?md5=f116e6446ad3353de794cd66a511433d&pid=1-s2.0-S1056819024000307-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140084190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional participation to Research and Innovation programmes under Next Generation EU: The Portuguese case","authors":"Anabela M. Santos, Andrea Conte","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper aims to investigate regional participation in a new Portuguese Research and Innovation (R&I) programme (so-called ‘Agendas for Industrialization’) funded by the European Next Generation EU (NGEU). Using a probit model with sample selection and a novel dataset, we find that the distribution of territorial participation to the NGEU-related programme is more similar to that observed for the European Commission’s R&I Horizon 2020 programme than for the R&I funds under the Cohesion Policy (2014–2020). The results also show a rural-urban divide in regional participation, which is eventually due to a lack of demand for this type of funding in less developed regions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 1","pages":"Article 100006"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105681902400023X/pdfft?md5=a3898a026c61c5602303c4f407548cb6&pid=1-s2.0-S105681902400023X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140084960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Related industries, economic complexity, and regional diversification: An application for Brazilian microregions","authors":"Elton Freitas , Gustavo Britto , Pedro Amaral","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper contributes to the literature on economic relatedness and diversification in Brazil. It uses firm-level, occupational data to estimate the relationship between regions’ diversification, the degree of relatedness, and economic complexity indexes. Given that the current literature often focuses on a single variable, a new relatedness measure is introduced. It includes three new relatedness dimensions. The co-occupation captures the degree of similarity of firms’ occupations; co-location, considers the geographical proximity of different sectors; and co-company, evaluates if firms operate in more than one sector. Analyzing the evolution of 558 microregions from 2006 to 2016, the study finds that new industries are more likely to enter when technologically related to existing ones, while industries lacking relatedness are prone to exit. The results highlight diversification as a significant path-dependent process. They also underscore the challenges of attracting and retaining new industries, especially those technologically distant or more complex, emphasizing the importance of relatedness in regional economic cohesion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"103 1","pages":"Article 100011"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056819024000290/pdfft?md5=9a83d9db095220089b435ba6b7bb13cb&pid=1-s2.0-S1056819024000290-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140163769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}