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are related to the potential importance of three agglomeration theories, namely, labor market pooling, input sharing and …
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Human capital, scientific research, and technology are the three chief mechanisms promoting knowledge spillovers from universities to firms. Based on a study of the impact of Spain’s 1983 University Reform Act (LRU), which opened the door to the foundation of new universities and faculties,...
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We estimate a model of urban productivity in which the agglomeration effect of density is enhanced by a metropolitan …
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In 2000, wages of full time full year workers were more than 30 percent higher in metropolitan areas of over 1.5 million people than rural areas. The monotonic relationship between wages and city size is robust to controls for age, schooling and labor market experience. In this paper, we...
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In this paper we test for the presence of localisation economies due to input-output linkages between vertically related firms located in the same region. To undertake this we estimate, by duality, a quadratic cost function using a sector by sector panel at the European regional level in the...
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This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal equalization on asymmetric tax competition when positive agglomeration … provided that agglomeration externalities are sufficiently strong. …
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The objective of this paper is to explore the relative importance of each of Marshall’s agglomeration mechanisms by … on the geographical scope of each of the three agglomeration mechanisms. We find evidence of all three agglomeration …
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considers many different aspects of the agglomeration labor market relationship, including turnover, learning, matching, and … theories of agglomeration and uncertainty. The paper also finds evidence of onthejob learning that is consistent with theories … of labor pooling, labor poaching, and hold up. In addition, the paper provides evidence consistent with agglomeration …
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Countries compete for new FDI investment, whereas stocks of FDI generate agglomeration benefits and are potentially … destabilizes agglomeration advantages. The agglomeration advantage is valuable, but is exploited in the short run. The tax revenue … agglomeration advantages, but may erode the fiscal revenue in the equilibrium. …
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Many regional governments in developed countries design programs to improve the competitiveness of local firms. In this paper, we evaluate the effectiveness of public programs whose aim is to enhance the performance of firms located in Catalonia (Spain). We compare the performance of publicly...
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