TY - JOUR
T1 - European R&D networks
T2 - a snapshot from the 7th EU Framework Programme
AU - Amoroso, Sara
AU - Coad, Alex
AU - Grassano, Nicola
N1 - Funding Information:
Let Yijτ denote the number of joint participations to an R&D project funded by the FP7 of regions i and j during the time period τ which is the 2007–2013 time interval. The basic spatial interaction (or gravity) regression model takes the form of:
Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Thomas Scherngell, Francesco Di Comite, Enrique L?pez-Bazo, Ron Boschma, Nicolas Vonortas, the guest editor Al Link, and the anonymous referee for their valuable comments on a previous version of this paper. Any remaining errors are ours alone. The views expressed are purely those of the authors and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.
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PY - 2018/8/18
Y1 - 2018/8/18
N2 - Recent empirical studies have investigated the territorial impact of Europe’s research policies, in particular the contribution of the European Framework Programmes to the integration of a European Research Area. This paper deepens the analysis on the integration and participation of peripheral regions, by focusing on the differences in intensity and determinants of inter-regional collaborations across three groups of collaborations. We consider collaborations among more developed regions, between more and less developed regions, and among less developed regions. Building on the recent spatial interaction literature, this paper investigates the effects of physical, institutional, social and technological proximity on the intensity of inter-regional research collaboration across heterogenous European regions. We find that the impact of disparities in human capital and technological proximity on regional R&D cooperation is relevant and differs across subgroups of collaborations. Moreover, despite the efforts of integrating marginal actors, peripheral regions have lower rates of collaborations.
AB - Recent empirical studies have investigated the territorial impact of Europe’s research policies, in particular the contribution of the European Framework Programmes to the integration of a European Research Area. This paper deepens the analysis on the integration and participation of peripheral regions, by focusing on the differences in intensity and determinants of inter-regional collaborations across three groups of collaborations. We consider collaborations among more developed regions, between more and less developed regions, and among less developed regions. Building on the recent spatial interaction literature, this paper investigates the effects of physical, institutional, social and technological proximity on the intensity of inter-regional research collaboration across heterogenous European regions. We find that the impact of disparities in human capital and technological proximity on regional R&D cooperation is relevant and differs across subgroups of collaborations. Moreover, despite the efforts of integrating marginal actors, peripheral regions have lower rates of collaborations.
KW - European research area
KW - R&D collaboration
KW - regional integration
KW - spatial interaction modelling
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U2 - 10.1080/10438599.2017.1374037
DO - 10.1080/10438599.2017.1374037
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029572522
VL - 27
SP - 404
EP - 419
JO - Economics of Innovation and New Technology
JF - Economics of Innovation and New Technology
SN - 1043-8599
IS - 5-6
ER -