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Richard Florida’s Creative Capital in a Trading Regional Economy: A Theoretical Investigation1 by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal2 and Peter Nijkamp3 1 We thank Roger R. Stough and the participants in an international workshop on “Human Capital, Social Capital, and Creative Capital as Sources of Regional Growth” in Free University, Amsterdam, June 30-July 1, 2008, for their comments on a previous version of this paper. In addition, Batabyal acknowledges financial support from the Gosnell endowment at RIT. The usual disclaimer applies. 2 Department of Economi