An expanded knowledge production function: evidence from Brazil with a dynamic spatial panel approach

This paper uses a theoretical motivation for an Expanded Knowledge Production Function(EKPF) that encompasses both path dependence and spatial spillovers to search for evidences inBrazil using a Dynamic Spatial Panel Data approach. The purpose is to identify the determinantsof knowledge production i...

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Autores: Barros, Pedro Henrique Batista de, Freitas Júnior, Adirson Maciel de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Inovação (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8661402
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rbi/article/view/8661402
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Função de produção de conhecimento
Dependência da trajetória
Transbordamentos espaciais
Painel espacial dinâmico
Knowledge production function
Path dependence
Spatial spillover
Dynamic spatial panel
Función de producción de conocimiento
Dependencia de la trayectoria
Desbordamientos espaciales
Panel espacial dinámico
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Sumario:This paper uses a theoretical motivation for an Expanded Knowledge Production Function(EKPF) that encompasses both path dependence and spatial spillovers to search for evidences inBrazil using a Dynamic Spatial Panel Data approach. The purpose is to identify the determinantsof knowledge production in the 2005-2015 period as well as its temporal evolution, usinginnovation patents as proxies. Regarding its spatial distribution, we identified a North-Southdisparity for the knowledge production in Brazil, with Southeast and South producing alarge part of the country’s patents. Based on the EKPF, we confirmed the importance ofpath dependence and knowledge spillovers to explain the Brazilian innovation. In addition,population density, which generates Jacobian externalities and economies of agglomeration, isan important structural feature in the short run while the number of researchers in universitiesand an increased economic scale are essential to knowledge production in the long run.