期刊名称：Departmental Discussion Papers / University of Glasgow, Department of Economics
出版年度：2009
卷号：1
出版社：University of Glasgow, Department of Economics
摘要：In this paper, we adapt multilevel analysis methods to investigate
the spatial variability of SMEs productivity across the Italian territory,
and account for differences in the socio-economic context. Our results
suggest that to properly capture the variability of the data, it is important
to allow for both spatial mean and slope effects. Social decay has
the expected negative impact. However, while this effect is larger on
firms with smaller capital intensity, firms with higher capital intensity
seem to be less affected by geography. Greater territorial heterogeneity
emerges among those firms with lower capital to labour ratios.
