Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Innovation in Malmö after the Öresund Bridge

Ejermo, Olof LU ; Hussinger, Katrin ; Kalash, Basheer LU and Schubert, Torben LU (2022) In Journal of Regional Science 62(1). p.5-20
Abstract

We analyze the effect of the Öresund Bridge, a combined railway and motorway bridge between Swedish Malmö and the Danish capital Copenhagen, on inventive activity in the region of Malmö. Applying difference-in-difference estimation on individual-level data, our findings suggest that the Öresund Bridge led to a significant increase in the number of patents per individual in the Malmö region as compared with the two other major regions in Sweden, Gothenburg, and Stockholm. We show that a key mechanism is the attraction of highly qualified workers to the Malmö region following the construction of the bridge.

Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
agglomeration effects, bridge, cross-border regions, innovation, inventors, patents, transportation infrastructure, Öresund
in
Journal of Regional Science
volume
62
issue
1
pages
5 - 20
publisher
Halifax
external identifiers
  • scopus:85107370778
ISSN
0022-4146
DOI
10.1111/jors.12543
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Regional Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
id
9c9cee80-c7e8-4bc7-84f2-389cd7db4dc5
date added to LUP
2021-06-16 09:57:33
date last changed
2024-01-20 08:28:06
@article{9c9cee80-c7e8-4bc7-84f2-389cd7db4dc5,
  abstract     = {{<p>We analyze the effect of the Öresund Bridge, a combined railway and motorway bridge between Swedish Malmö and the Danish capital Copenhagen, on inventive activity in the region of Malmö. Applying difference-in-difference estimation on individual-level data, our findings suggest that the Öresund Bridge led to a significant increase in the number of patents per individual in the Malmö region as compared with the two other major regions in Sweden, Gothenburg, and Stockholm. We show that a key mechanism is the attraction of highly qualified workers to the Malmö region following the construction of the bridge.</p>}},
  author       = {{Ejermo, Olof and Hussinger, Katrin and Kalash, Basheer and Schubert, Torben}},
  issn         = {{0022-4146}},
  keywords     = {{agglomeration effects; bridge; cross-border regions; innovation; inventors; patents; transportation infrastructure; Öresund}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{5--20}},
  publisher    = {{Halifax}},
  series       = {{Journal of Regional Science}},
  title        = {{Innovation in Malmö after the Öresund Bridge}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jors.12543}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/jors.12543}},
  volume       = {{62}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}