doi:10.1080/00343404.2017.1360476engSanso-Navarro, MarcosVera-Cabello, MaríaThe long-run relationship between R&D and regional knowledge: The case of France, Germany, Italy and SpainART-2017-99608The long-run relationship between R&D and regional knowledge: the case of France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Regional Studies. This paper incorporates time dependence into a regional knowledge-production function framework. Within this setup, the long-run dynamic behaviour of research and development (R&D) and knowledge is analysed in four European countries – France, Germany, Italy and Spain – using unit-root tests and co-integration techniques. We find that the regional stock of knowledge is co-integrated with R&D employment and external knowledge. Nonetheless, knowledge spillovers play a more important role in the generation and accumulation of new ideas. This suggests that innovation policies should aim at enhancing knowledge diffusion and regional absorptive capacity.2017http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/16564110.1080/00343404.2017.1360476http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/165641oai:zaguan.unizar.es:165641info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S16-ADETREinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/CUD2015-SOC-04info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2014-SOC-12Regional Studies 52, 5 (2017), 619 - 631by-nc-ndhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess