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Transport Cost Decline and Regional Inequalities: Evidence from France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
dispersive forces become prevalent at the country level, agglomeration incentives strenghtens specialization within a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791737
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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279326
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Labour Pooling, Labour Poaching and Spatial Clustering
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
When firms cluster in the same local labour market, they face a trade-off between the benefits of labour pooling (i.e., access to workers whose knowledge helps reduce costs) and the costs of labour poaching (i.e., loss of some key workers to competition and the indirect effect of a higher wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791641
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The productivity advantages of large cities: Distinguishing agglomeration from firm selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Firms are more productive on average in larger cities. Two explanations have been offered: agglomeration economies … 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 distribution. We assess the relative importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791878
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Dots to Boxes: Do the Size and Shape of Spatial Units Jeopardize Economic Geography Estimations?
Briant, Anthony; Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
geography exercises (the analysis of spatial concentration, agglomeration economies, and trade determinants), using various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792469
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Dots to boxes: Do the size and shape of spatial units jeopardize economic geography estimations?
Briant, Anthony; Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren - HAL - 2008
geography exercises (the analysis of spatial concentration, agglomeration economies, and trade determinants), using various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738925
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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - HAL - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739064
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Labor pooling, labor poaching and spatial clustering
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001
When firms cluster in the same local labor market, they face a trade-off between the benefits of labor pooling (i.e., access to workers whose knowledge help reduce costs) and the costs of labor poaching (i.e., loss of some key workers to competition and the indirect effect of a higher wage bill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745267
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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766379
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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598768