Geographic concentrations and increasing returns: a survey of evidence

Economic activities are highly clustered. Why is geographic con-centrationbecoming a predominant feature of modern economies? Onthe basis of the empirical models developed by the 'new' theories ofinternational trade, our answer is that increasing returns are the driv-ingforce of economic geography in the US as well as in Europe. Inso doing, we review econometric methods proposed in the literature toseparate and to test alternative theoretical paradigms.

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Surico, Paolo
Publisher:	Milano : Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Subject:	Regionales Cluster \| Skalenertrag \| Agglomerationseffekt \| Neue ökonomische Geographie \| Increasing returns \| market access \| demand and cost linkages \| large-scale agglomeration

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Series:	Nota di Lavoro ; 29.2002
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/119634 [Handle]
Classification:	C52 - Model Evaluation and Testing ; F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade ; F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Source:	EconStor

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