Abstract

VILALTA-Y PERDOMO, Carlos Javier  and  BANDA-ORTIZ, Humberto. Two hypothesis tests for the geography of patents in Mexico. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2008, vol.8, n.28, pp.1007-1032. ISSN 2448-6183.

In this paper we describe the technological innovation geographical patterns and processes in Mexico. We present the detection and measurement of a spatial concentration pattern of patent applications in Mexico together with a moderate process of spatial spreading, the rejection of the hypothesis of a patenting activity with a physical distance dependent diffusion and the presence of spatial heterogeneity in the sample, as well as their statistical implications.

Keywords : patents; spatial diffusion; spatial autocorrelation; technological development.