Can You Hear Me Now? The Importance of Location for Knowledge Transfer in the Telecommunications Sector
Colorado College Working Paper No. 2012-01
9 Pages Posted: 12 Mar 2012
Date Written: March 10, 2012
Abstract
This paper examines the evidence on the clustering of innovators within the telecommunications sector, using U.S. patent citation data to trace their locations over time. While clustering is clearly evident, we use multivariate left-censored Tobit regression analysis to control for identifiable factors, showing that the distance between successive innovators has been rising over time, perhaps even exponentially.
Keywords: Geographical clustering, Patents, intellectual property, Telecommunications sector, Knowledge Spillover
JEL Classification: L9, L2, L1, D62
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