The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Innovation in Malmö after the Öresund Bridge

På svenska

Author

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2022

Language

English

Pages

5-20

Publication/Series

Journal of Regional Science

Volume

62

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences
  • Economics

Keywords

  • agglomeration effects
  • bridge
  • cross-border regions
  • innovation
  • inventors
  • patents
  • transportation infrastructure
  • Öresund

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0022-4146