Does the geographic proximity effect on knowledge spillovers vary across research fields?

Giovanni Abramo; Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo; Flavia Di Costa

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03411-x

doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03411-x

Does the geographic proximity effect on knowledge spillovers vary across research fields?

Giovanni Abramo

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Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo

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Flavia Di Costa

16

Scientometrics3.90

Volume: 123, Issue: 2, Pages: 1021 - 1036

Published: Mar 14, 2020

Abstract

Policy makers are interested in the influence of geographic distance on knowledge flows, however these can be expected to vary across research fields. The effects of geographic distance on flows are analyzed by means of citations to scientific literature. The field of observation consists of the 2010–2012 Italian publications and relevant citations up to the close of 2017. The geographic proximity effect is analyzed at national, continental, and...