Firm Location Decisions, Regional GrantsAnd Agglomeration Externalities

We examine whether discretionary government grants influence thelocation of new plants. Grants have a small effect in attracting plants to specificgeographic areas, but their effectiveness increases with agglomeration externalities,measured by the number of other plants in that location in the same industry. We alsofind evidence that regional industrial structure affects...

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2006-05-01
Authors:	Griffith, Rachel ; Devereux, Michael P. ; Simpson, Helen
Institutions:	Advanced Institute of Management Research <London>
Subject:	Regionalpolitik \| Firma \| Agglomeration <Wirtschaft> \| agglomeration

Check Google Scholar |

More access options

In libraries world-wide (WorldCat)

In German libraries (KVK)

I need help

More details

Extent:	435200 bytes 42 p. application/pdf
Series:	AIM Publications AIM Research Working Paper Series ; 38 [2006]
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISSN:	1744-0009
Classification:	R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity ; R30 - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location. General ; Corporate growth, plant size and choice of location ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865985