If services have a tendency to agglomerate in some places and not in others, does it make sense to attempt to divert them to areas where agglomeration benefits are weak or not present at all? Using a new spatial data set for Canada applied to a stochastic location model [Ellison, G., & Glaeser,...

The quest to enhance productivity makes outsourcing not only an important corporate strategy, but a focus of public policy as well. Existing studies consider correlations between outsourcing and productivity. This paper attempts to examine causation. We use annual time series data for Canada on...

This article examines the location pattern and role of advanced producer services outside the metropolitan core. Will such services migrate to and stay in peripheral regions and boost growth as would be necessary if such regions are to benefit from the growth of the advanced services sector? Our...