Innovation Performance and R&D Expenditures in Western European Regions: Divergence or Convergence?

• Autorzy: Pavel Bednář , Martina Halásková
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Although Western Europe is a global leader in innovation activities among the OECD countries, these activities are not distributed evenly across NUTS 2 regions. Thus, the analysis of convergence or divergence related to innovation performance and R&D expenditures among Western European NUTS 2 regions is posed as the aim of this paper. Applying differential local version of spatial autocorrelation (LISA), difference-in-difference estimation the paper reveals the local variation of convergence and divergence and general spatial regime divergence in innovation performance and R&D expenditures within Western European NUTS 2 regions. Moreover, spatial lag cross-sectional regression provides support to the consideration of R&D expenditures as determinant for innovation performance along with the continuing divergence between most of Western and Southern European NUTS 2 regions and the others. Thus, the results confirm the stability in innovation performance and R&D expenditures in Western European NUTS 2 regions which could be the source of lagging behind not only other OECD countries but BRICS countries as well. On the regional level several NUTS 2 regions demonstrated the convergence dynamics, however, the general spatial divergence regime should lead to more actions regarding R&D polices under the EU programming period of 2014-2020. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Investment expenditures; Innovations; Research & Development (R+D); Region; Spatial econometrics

PL

Wydatki inwestycyjne; Innowacje; Badania i rozwój (B+R); Region; Ekonometria przestrzenna

• Czasopismo: Journal of International Studies
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 11
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 210--224

Twórcy

autor

Pavel Bednář

• Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic

autor

Martina Halásková

• VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

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DOI

10.14254/2071-8330.2018/11-1/16