Table 4. 
Percentage of the average cross-border closeness within the EU that is lost by excluding the United States or the individual EU countries from the coinventor network
Country1980–19891990–19992000–20092010–2014
Austria 0.6452 0.4743 0.6208 0.7867 
Belgium 1.2581 1.4251 1.6850 1.6606 
Denmark 0.4091 0.4519 0.4994 0.5785 
Finland 0.1573 0.3668 0.5247 0.4984 
France 2.8053 2.8239 3.1101 3.3041 
Germany 11.0070 9.3136 10.3100 10.5810 
Greece 0.0292 0.0314 0.0882 0.0639 
Ireland 0.0808 0.1452 0.2163 0.2317 
Italy 0.7154 0.8928 0.9290 1.068 
Luxembourg 0.2478 0.2378 0.2688 0.2895 
Netherlands 1.726 1.5439 1.4793 1.2793 
Portugal 0.0207 0.0304 0.0874 0.1040 
Spain 0.0896 0.3417 0.7870 0.8800 
Sweden 1.0132 0.8602 0.9544 1.0464 
UK 3.2244 2.7337 2.6222 2.3039 
USA 7.4903 10.4740 10.7590 9.9570 
Country1980–19891990–19992000–20092010–2014
Austria 0.6452 0.4743 0.6208 0.7867 
Belgium 1.2581 1.4251 1.6850 1.6606 
Denmark 0.4091 0.4519 0.4994 0.5785 
Finland 0.1573 0.3668 0.5247 0.4984 
France 2.8053 2.8239 3.1101 3.3041 
Germany 11.0070 9.3136 10.3100 10.5810 
Greece 0.0292 0.0314 0.0882 0.0639 
Ireland 0.0808 0.1452 0.2163 0.2317 
Italy 0.7154 0.8928 0.9290 1.068 
Luxembourg 0.2478 0.2378 0.2688 0.2895 
Netherlands 1.726 1.5439 1.4793 1.2793 
Portugal 0.0207 0.0304 0.0874 0.1040 
Spain 0.0896 0.3417 0.7870 0.8800 
Sweden 1.0132 0.8602 0.9544 1.0464 
UK 3.2244 2.7337 2.6222 2.3039 
USA 7.4903 10.4740 10.7590 9.9570 
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