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| Olivier Brossard and Inès Moussa |
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| ''The French cluster policy put to the test with differences-in-differences estimates'' |
| ( 2014, Vol. 34 No.1 ) |
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| There is an abundant literature on innovative clusters but the incidence of cluster policies is hardly ever assessed. We assemble a panel of 94 French regions for 1997-2008 and use difference-in-differences regressions to evaluate the cluster policy that is being implemented in France since 2004-2005 in some of these regions. We obtain a positive, significant but rather small impact on patenting. |
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| Keywords: Innovation
Cluster policies
Differences-in-differences
R&D
Patents
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JEL: R1 - General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)
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| Manuscript Received : Sep 26 2013 | | Manuscript Accepted : Mar 31 2014 |
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