?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3971%2F&rft.title=The+Long+Run+Effects+of+R%26D+Place-based+Policies%3A+Evidence+from+Russian+Science+Cities&rft.creator=Schweiger%2C+Helena&rft.creator=Stepanov%2C+Alexander&rft.creator=Zacchia%2C+Paolo&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=HD28+Management.+Industrial+Management&rft.description=We+study+the+long+run+effects+of+a+unique+historical+place-based+policies+targeting+R%26D%3A+the%0D%0Acreation+of+%E2%80%9CScience+Cities%E2%80%9D+in+former+Soviet+Russia.+The+establishment+of+Science+Cities+and%0D%0Athe+criteria+for+selecting+their+location+were+largely+guided+by+political+and+military-strategic%0D%0Aconsiderations.+We+compare+current+demographic+and+economic+characteristics+of+Science%0D%0ACities+to+those+of+appropriately+matched+localities+that+were+similar+to+them+at+the+time+of%0D%0Atheir+establishment.+We+find+that+in+the+modern+Russian+economy%2C+despite+the+massive+cuts%0D%0Aof+governmental+support+to+R%26D+that+followed+the+dissolution+of+the+USSR%2C+Science+Cities%0D%0Ahost+more+high-skilled+workers+and+more+developed+R%26D+and+ICT+sectors%3B+are+the+origin+of%0D%0Amore+international+patents%3B+and+generally+appear+to+be+more+productive+and+economically%0D%0Adeveloped.+Within+a+spatial+equilibrium+framework%2C+we+interpret+these+findings+as+the+result%0D%0Aof+the+interaction+between+persistence+and+agglomeration+forces.+Furthermore%2C+we+rule+out%0D%0Aalternative+explanations+that+have+to+do+with+the+differential+use+of+public+resources%2C+and%0D%0Awe+find+limited+support+for+a+case+of+equilibrium+reversion.+Finally%2C+by+analyzing+firm-level%0D%0Adata+we+obtain+evidence+in+favor+of+spillover+effects+with+a+wide+spatial+breadth.&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3971%2F1%2FNaukograds_Paper_Text%252Bappendices.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schweiger%2C+Helena+and+Stepanov%2C+Alexander+and+Zacchia%2C+Paolo++The+Long+Run+Effects+of+R%26D+Place-based+Policies%3A+Evidence+from+Russian+Science+Cities.++Working+Paper+++++++(Submitted)+++