that the composite effect of agglomeration on firms' exports takes on a Parabola-shape pattern. Moreover, higher-productivity …The paper proposes a model to investigate the influences of agglomeration on heterogeneous firms' exporting behaviors …. Competition and thus selection effect caused by agglomeration forces less productive firms to exit the market while agglomeration …

models involving spatial agglomeration of economic activities. The proposed method overcomes the limitations of the Turing … (1952) approach that has been used to analyze the emergence of agglomeration in the multi-regional core-periphery (CP) model … of Krugman (1993, 1996). In other words, the proposed method allows us to examine whether agglomeration of mobile factors …

: international trade and agglomeration processes. First setting implies that the industrial labor is immobile, while second one … mathematical analysis, e.g. implicit function theory. For international trade we find how equilibrium prices, production … function, transportation costs and degree of asymmetry in initial labor endowment. As for agglomeration process, it was found …

is sufficiently small. In particular, when trade barriers are low enough, full agglomeration in the country with the …

hypothesis. I find evidence that positive productivity self-selection is based on the combined effects of agglomeration and …The paper tests the role of agglomeration effects on the export decision of services firms. Recent theories on trade … predictions are tested for the services industry, with due account for the possible role of agglomeration effects in large …

natural advantages can be important determinants of agglomeration. …

these mechanisms the article identifies questions in cluster theory that are still open and defines steps for further … research to develop a comprehensive theory of cluster policy. …