This Paper estimates the agglomeration benefits that arise from vertical linkages between firms. The analysis is based … agglomeration benefits of the spatial variation in firm level nominal wages. Unusually detailed intermediate input data allow us to …

the aim of comparing the only two possible market outcomes, i.e. agglomeration and dispersion. More precisely, we use the … plausible values of the main parameters suggest that there might be excessive agglomeration. …

This paper studies how firm heterogeneity in terms of productivity affects the balance between agglomeration and … endogenous markups. It shows that firm heterogeneity matters. However, whether it shifts the balance from agglomeration to … `evenness'. Accordingly, the role of firm heterogeneity in selection models of agglomeration can not be fully understood without …

agglomeration of economic activities. …

dispersive forces become prevalent at the country level, agglomeration incentives strenghtens specialization within a large …

We study how industry-level agglomeration economies affect government policy. Using administrative data on firm …

into large cities, because large cities select more productive entrepreneurs and firms, or because of agglomeration … between them. The model can replicate stylised facts about sorting, agglomeration, and selection in cities. It can also …

show that there exists a path of stable equilibria such that the industry, first, experiences progressive agglomeration … of the increasing urban costs associated with the process of agglomeration. …