【摘要】The objective of the paper is to analyse the local determinants of innovation in a small European metropolitan region. First, we examine the extent to which geographic space isa determinant of innovation for five intra-regional units. Second, we investigate whether innovation is dependent on accessibility to the mean centre. In both cases we examine innovation propensity and innovation output using microdata from the Community Innovation Survey carried out in Luxembourg. The paper provides evidence of a link between the effects on innovation at the intra-regional level of firms’ profiles and agglomeration externalities.

【关键词】Intra-regional innovation; location factors; firms’ profile; local polynomial regression; Luxembourg

【文献来源】Vincent Dautel; Olivier Walther.Papers in Regional Studies.2014（4）