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Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial factors. An important distinction in this literature is the one between absolute and relative location. The literature on absolute location predominantly uses non-spatial...

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When Clusters become Networks

Phlippen, Sandra; Knaap, Bert van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

Policy makers spend large amounts of public resources on the foundation of science parks and other forms of geographically clustered business activities, in order to stimulate regional innovation. Underlying the relation between clusters and innovation is the assumption that co-located firms...

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In Search of Creative Champions in High-Tech Spaces

Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...

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Economic Integration and Manufacturing Location in EU Accession Countries

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Traistaru, Iulia - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

Slovenia. Our research results suggest that, in these countries, regiona1 relocation of industries has taken place, leading in …

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Dynamics in Aceh and North Sumatera after the Twin Disasters: An Investigation into the Relevance of the Locational Fundamental Theory

Brata, Aloysius Gunadi; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

This paper analyzes the impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 and the Nias earthquake in 2005 on population dynamic across regions in Aceh and North Sumatera. We find no evidence that the disasters affected the regularity of size-distribution of the regions. The estimates of a population...

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The Educational Bias in Commuting Patterns: Micro-Evidence for the Netherlands

Groot, Stefan P.T.; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Veneri, Paolo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

This study analyses the relation between education and commuting behaviour of Dutch workers. Results show that, ceteris paribus, higher educated workers commute further, both in terms of distance and time. In addition, higher educated workers are more frequent users of public transport and of...

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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis

Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically …

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Firm Formation and Agglomeration under Monopolistic Competition

Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

In the presence of agglomeration economies one might expect a relocation and concentration of industries. Then firm … agglomeration economies founded on microeconomic analysis based on households' and firms' maximization behavior, namely the real … market potential. Besides agglomeration forces, dispersion and human capital effects can be separated and explicitly …

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Search and the City

Teulings, Coen N.; Gautier, P.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

We develop a model of an economy with several regions, which differ in scale. Within each region, workers have to search for a job-type that matches their skill. They face a trade-off between match quality and the cost of extended search. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is...

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Does Land Use Planning shape Regional Economies?

Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

Why has job growth over the past decades been weaker in the Dutch Randstad area than in surrounding regions? In a simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is predominantly determined by regional housing supply and...

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