cluster together, turning location into a self-reinforcing process. However, agglomeration raises the price of immobile local …

cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote … a generalised version of a tractable firm selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the …

This paper deals with the effects of cross-border transport infrastructure in the presence of agglomeration economies …

of agglomeration effects on growth prospects of firms is less clear. Because of the heterogeneity of industries …, different agglomeration mechanisms, or the way how industrial clusters are identified and spatially delimited, the conclusions … separately. Therefore, for each firm a micro-geographically defined agglomeration measure is calculated, which is free of the …

the agglomeration of increasing returns activities. When workers migrate towards locations with more firms and higher real … wages, this intensifies agglomeration. When instead workers do not move across regions, further reductions in transport …

hub- and-spoke arrangement favours location in the hub, with better reciprocal access induces agglomeration in the hub and …

sectors and regions creates a tendency for urban agglomeration. Demand from rural areas favours urban dispersion. European …