Determinants of Long-Run Regional Productivity: The Role of R&D, Human Capital and Public Infrastructure

Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union

“…Ahlfeldt and Feddersen (2009) find a positive and significant impact on local economic dynamism of high speed rail in Germany, underlining its ability to bring about easier and wider market access. Similarly, Bronzini and Piselli (2009) demonstrate that a 1 per cent increase in public infrastructure leads to a 0.11 per cent increase in total factor productivity in Italy and Deliktas et al. (2009) find similar evidence for Turkish regions.…”

“…Technological catch‐up is facilitated by intensive trade relationships and, therefore, spatially connective infrastructure is a necessary condition not only for trade between places, but also for the transfer of technology and knowledge diffusion. R&D investments also generate knowledge spillovers in neighbouring regions that are highly localized within the functional borders of the regional economy (Sonn and Storper 2008; Bronzini and Piselli 2009), making transport connectivity a relevant means for knowledge diffusion. As specialized knowledge is usually held by a limited number of people, it is difficult to pass it on without face‐to‐face interactions and collaborations (Storper and Venables 2004) and transport infrastructure facilitates the spread of knowledge between people and firms within a defined area.…”

Market Power and Duration of R&D Investment in a Panel of Italian Firms

“…Innovation is positively associated with firm growth (Audretsch [1995]) and this result is confirmed by Doms et al [1995], who use the number of advanced technologies employed by the firm as a measure for innovation. 1 Despite the difficulties embodied in a production-function framework [Bronzini and Piselli, 2006], innovation is found to be positively associated with productivity, both at the aggregated level [Bronzini andPiselli, 2006, Geroski, 1989] and at the firm level [Parisi et al, 2006]. A more comprehensive approach is carried on by Crépon et al [1998], who move from some "stylised facts" and build an empirical model that encompasses the whole innovation process: the decision to undertake research activity, the magnitude of such effort, the output of the innovative process and the impact on firm's productivity.…”

Network effects of public transport infrastructure: Evidence on Italian regions

“…(2006), Martinez‐Lopez (2006), Delgado and Álvarez (2007) and Moreno and López‐Bazo (2007). For Italy, Bronzini and Piselli (2009), adopting a production function approach, find that regional productivity is positively affected by public infrastructure installed in neighbouring regions. Finally, Bouvet (2007) finds positive spillover effects for a large sample of European countries.…”