Gerlach, Heiko A.; Rønde, Thomas; Stahl, Konrad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We investigate firms' incentives to locate in the same region to gain access to a large pool of skilled labour. Firms engage in risky R&D activities and thus create stochastic product and implied labour demand. Agglomeration in a cluster is more likely in situations where the innovation step is...