Essays on the externalities of environmental innovation

Intangible assets are weightless and instantaneously transferable at minor economic incidence, theoretically, they should not have a spatial dimension, such a quality would question the public good status of knowledge. This thesis demonstrates that transfers of knowledge are bound to geography, meaning that there are significant consequences of place and geography. Furthermore, this finding has ramifications for decisions regarding performance evaluations of research output and impact. Because the location of a researcher can affect how their knowledge is diffused and adapted. These findings also shed light on how to transform the pace of development of nascent fields and how social networks, research travel funds etc can benefit society.