The Geography of Invention in High- and Low-Technology Industries: Evidence from the Second Industrial Revolution
研究利用第二次工业革命时期的证据，探讨高低技术产业中发明活动的地理分布差异及其原因，对理解技术创新的空间不均衡有参考价值。
Technological progress has long been widely recognized as a crucial source of economic growth. Many countries have, accordingly, devoted considerable resources to promote more rapid generation and diffusion of technology in their economies. Yet recent studies reveal a persistence of stark contrasts across countries and geographic space more generally, not only in productivity, but also in the generation of new technological knowledge. What accounts for these geographic disparities is not well understood.