Essays on knowledge spillovers

This thesis studies three issues involving knowledge diffusion across firms. The first chapter explains two data facts related to firm size distribution. First, it uses sector-specific inter-firm knowledge spillovers to explain sectoral differences in firm size heterogeneity. Greater inter-firm know...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cai, Jie
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30825