Are cities losing innovation advantages? Online versus face-to-face interactions

• Main Authors: GAETANI, Ruben, HUANG, Naqun, Li, Jing, YANG, Yanmin
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• 主題: Innovation; Density; Cities; Novelty; Economics; Regional Economics
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2793; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3793/viewcontent/ssrn_4703174.pdf

How did COVID-19 affect the innovation advantages of dense locations? Using data on the universe of U.S. patent applications, we find that the density premium in the production of novel inventions declined by 18.5%-22.9% in 2020-2021 relative to its pre-pandemic level. Smartphone data on local mobil...