This paper evaluates the impact of accessibility on the productivity of Spanish manufacturing firms. We suggest the use … of accessibility indicators to workers and commodities, integrating transport, land use, and individual components in … function for year 2009, which is then explained in the second estimation step as a function of the accessibility indicators and …

and transport accessibility influence the location decisions of firms at municipality level and in three industries. The … explanatory variables (local gross domestic product, road accessibility, and the characteristics of firms in neighbouring … municipalities). The results show that agglomeration economies and accessibility are important in industrial location decision-making. …