nep-knm New Economics Papers
on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy
Issue of 2009‒10‒03
three papers chosen by
Laura Stefanescu
European Research Centre of Managerial Studies in Business Administration
  1. Cultural Identity and Knowledge Creation in Cosmopolitan Cities By Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano; Giovanni Prarolo
  2. Can Second-Generation Endogenous Growth Models Explain The Productivity Trends and Knowledge Production In the Asian Miracle Economies? By Ang, James; Madsen, Jakob
  3. Innovation and Knowledge Links in Metropolitan Regions - The Case of Vienna By Franz Tödtling; Michaela Trippl
  1. By: Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano (Bocconi University, DEP-KITeS, FEEM and CEPR); Giovanni Prarolo (University of Bologna and FEEM)
    Abstract: We study how the city system is affected by the possibility for the members of the same cultural diaspora to interact across different cities. In so doing, we propose a simple two- city model with two mobile cultural groups. A localized externality fosters the productivity of individuals when groups interact in a city. At the same time, such interaction dilutes cultural identities and reduces the consumption of culture-specific goods and services. We show that the two groups segregate in different cities when diaspora members find it hard to communicate at distance whereas they integrate in multicultural cities when communication is easy. The model generates situations in which segregation is an equilibrium but is Pareto dominated by integration.
    Keywords: Cultural Identity, Cosmopolitan City, Productiviy
    Date: 2009–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fem:femwpa:2009.72&r=knm
  2. By: Ang, James; Madsen, Jakob
    Abstract: Using data for six Asian miracle economies over the period from 1953 to 2006, this paper examines the extent to which growth has been driven by R&D and tests which second-generation endogenous growth model is most consistent with the data. The results give strong support to Schumpeterian growth theory but only limited support to semi-endogenous growth theory. Furthermore, it is shown that R&D has played a key role for growth in the Asian miracle economies.
    Keywords: Schumpeterian growth; semi-endogenous growth; Asian growth miracle
    JEL: O30 O40
    Date: 2009
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:17543&r=knm
  3. By: Franz Tödtling; Michaela Trippl
    Date: 2009
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wiwsre:sre-disc-2009_02&r=knm
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