RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES AND REGIONAL HIGH‐TECH FIRM START‐UP AND EXIT |
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| Authors: | DAKSHINA G. DE SILVA ROBERT MCCOMB |
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| Affiliation: | De Silva: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409. Phone (806) 742‐2201, Fax (806) 742‐1137, E‐mail dakshina.de‐silva@ttu.edu |
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| Abstract: | If localized knowledge spillovers are present in the university setting, higher rates of both start‐up and/or survival would be observed in areas that are geographically proximate to the university. Using a detailed industry data set for Texas for 1999:3–2005:2, we analyze start‐up and exit rates for high‐tech firms. Based on a Poisson quasi‐maximum likelihood estimation, we find evidence that the level of R&D and proximity of a research institution positively affects the likelihood of technology start‐ups. However, using both the Cox proportional hazards model and Kaplan–Meier approach, our results suggest that geographic proximity to knowledge centers does not reduce hazard rates. (JEL R12, R53, O18) |
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