Abstract
Research indicates that green knowledge can be distinctly different from nongreen knowledge. However, while there is extensive research on the agglomeration of knowledge, the research on the agglomeration of green knowledge is much more limited, and it is unclear whether green technologies will be more or less geographically concentrated than nongreen technologies. This paper focuses on exploring how the geographic patterns of green technologies differ from the geographic patterns of nongreen technologies. Utilizing US patent data in an abductive study with GIS software and geospatial statistical techniques, we found the following: 1) geospatial patterns of green and nongreen technologies are different, 2) green technologies are more geographically concentrated than nongreen technologies, and 3) geographic concentrations of green technologies consist of higher quality technologies. We then outline how these findings contribute to our understanding of green knowledge spillovers and institutional pressures for developing green technologies.
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