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Mikhail Martynovich

Mikhail Martynovich

Senior Lecturer

Mikhail Martynovich

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

Author

  • Kadri Kuusk
  • Mikhail Martynovich

Summary, in English

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.

Department/s

  • Department of Human Geography

Publishing year

2018-09-11

Language

English

Publication/Series

Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG)

Issue

#1834

Document type

Working paper

Topic

  • Economic Geography

Keywords

  • relatedness
  • evolution
  • related variety
  • regional growth
  • skill relatedness
  • Sweden

Status

Published