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We use detailed longitudinal data on firms, human capital and universities to study the impact of geographical proximity to knowledge sources and local absorptive capacity on the regional location of knowledge-based start-ups. Using municipalities as the regional unit of analysis, we examine the influence of the regional distribution of universities, yearly numbers of students and graduates, and workforce education on new start-up numbers. We estimate models of regional entry using zero inflated negative binomial regression. We find that local access to knowledge and human capital significantly influences entry by knowledge-based firms into regions, after controlling for other regional-level variables.
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Baptista, R., Mendonça, J. Proximity to knowledge sources and the location of knowledge-based start-ups. Ann Reg Sci 45, 5–29 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-009-0289-4
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