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What kind of related variety for long-term regional growth?

Kuusk, Kadri LU and Martynovich, Mikhail LU orcid (2018) In Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG)
Abstract
We investigate the evolution of relatedness linkages between Swedish industries during five sub-periods between 1991 and 2010. Distinguishing between the stable ties (present in all subperiods) and non-stable ties (emerging, disappearing, etc), we demonstrate that the relatedness linkages change considerably over time. Furthermore, we show that the changes in the relatedness matrix matter for the impact of related variety on regional employment growth. We argue, therefore, that the relatedness linkages have a ‘best before date’ and that the choice of what relatedness indicator to apply and how deserves more consideration than it
is usually given.
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relatedness, evolution, related variety, regional growth, skill relatedness, Sweden
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  author       = {{Kuusk, Kadri and Martynovich, Mikhail}},
  keywords     = {{relatedness; evolution; related variety; regional growth; skill relatedness; Sweden}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{09}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
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  series       = {{Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG)}},
  title        = {{What kind of related variety for long-term regional growth?}},
  url          = {{http://econ.geo.uu.nl/peeg/peeg1834.pdf}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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