Motivated by the recent establishment of major US federal programs seeking to harness the
potential of regional innovation ecosystems, we assess the promise and challenges of place …

Concerns about rising college costs and uncertain economic returns have combined with a
wave of populist backlash to reduce public trust in higher education, which plummeted to …

We examine the influence of physical proximity on between-start-up knowledge spillovers at
one of the largest technology coworking hubs in the United States. Relying on the …

Despite that extant literature has shown that political connections offer various advantages, it
is expected that they will lead to sub-optimal investments in firms due to increased agency …

On 23 June 2016, the people of the UK voted to leave the European Union. This article
examines how Brexit impacted international student applications. Using administrative data …

This study aims to provide firm-level evidence on the burgeoning debate about the
productivity effect of robotics technology. Taking China as an example, we find that city-level …

China's rapid urbanization has intensified urban employment pressure. The National
Civilized City (NCC) policy is a significant initiative in China aimed at promoting high-quality …

Successful catching-up economies tend to exhibit a set of properties:(i) rapid increases in
skilled labor and R&D investment,(ii) industrial structure upgrading from technology …

This paper examines the effects of a prominent place-based policies in China, special
economic zones (SEZs), on human capital accumulation. Using a cohort difference-in …

We examine the role of population density and accessibility in shaping innovation intensity
in the 32,000 lower super output areas (LSOAs) in England. Our analysis focuses on firms' …