We examine “agglomeration shadows” that emerge around large cities, which discourage some economic activities in nearby … areas. Identifying agglomeration shadows is complicated, however, by endogenous city formation and \wave interference" that … estimate agglomeration shadows cast on nearby areas. We find that empirically, as in the simulations, detectable agglomeration …

formulate and promote policies that foster clustering of economic activity. Paradoxically, although agglomeration rents are … policy ; agglomeration …

extending models of commodity tax competition to include urban spatial structure (agglomeration) and online commerce, one can …

In contrast to what several papers have argued recently, we show that firm heterogeneity fosters agglomeration of … propensity to export. This renders the home market more important speaking against agglomeration. We also relate changes in firm … economic activity. -- firm heterogeneity ; agglomeration ; technological change ; trade ; labor mobility …

incentives for economic activity to concentrate. Our theory provides a novel scaling law; a magnification effect; and reveals a …

Our paper extends the capital tax competition literature by incorporating heterogeneous capital and agglomeration. Our … model nests the standard tax competition model as well as the special case in which there is agglomeration but no firm …/capital heterogeneity and the opposite case, firm heterogeneity with no agglomeration. We build on the existing tax competition literature …

core may pay subsidies that are high enough to prevent a relocation of industry. -- Agglomeration ; asymmetric regions …