Olivier Brossard - "The French cluster policy put to the test : results from difference-in-differences estimates"
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Professeur des Universités en Sciences Economiques, IEP de Toulouse
Chercheur au LEREPS EA4212
Abstract
There is an abundant literature on innovative clusters but the incidence of cluster policies is hardly ever assessed. We assemble a panel of 94 French regions for 1997-2008 and use difference-in-differences regressions to evaluate the cluster policy that is being implemented in France since 2004-2005 in some of these regions. We obtain a positive, significant but rather small impact on patenting.