-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by means of the number of patent applications per million inhabitants. Given the geographical … concentration and subsequent diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take … of McDonald's restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a …

The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not … this controversy using a model of regional growth. The model also deals with the impact of local competition on innovation …