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Agglomeration in a global economy: a survey
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997
cluster together, turning location into a self-reinforcing process. However, agglomeration raises the price of immobile local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745164
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City of Dreams
Roca, Jorge De la; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Puga, Diego - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
Higher ability workers benefit more from bigger cities while housing costs there are higher for everyone, and yet there is little sorting on ability. A possible explanation is that young individuals have an imperfect assessment of their ability, and, when they learn about it, early decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945136
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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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Agglomeration and cross-border infrastructure
Puga, Diego - Economics Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) - 2008
This paper deals with the effects of cross-border transport infrastructure in the presence of agglomeration economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012087
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The rise and fall of regional inequalities
Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745635
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Preferential trading arrangements and industrial location
Puga, Diego; Venables, Tony - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1995
hub- and-spoke arrangement favours location in the hub, with better reciprocal access induces agglomeration in the hub and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745864
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Agglomeration and economic development: import substitution versus trade liberalisation
Puga, Diego; Venables, Tony - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746386
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Urbanisation patterns: European vs less developed countries
Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996
sectors and regions creates a tendency for urban agglomeration. Demand from rural areas favours urban dispersion. European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746563
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The spread of industry: spatial agglomeration in economic development
Puga, Diego; Venables, Anthony J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996
This paper describes the spread of industry from country to country as a region grows. All industrial sectors are initially agglomerated in one country, tied together by input-output links between firms. Growth expands industry more than other sectors, bidding up wages in the country in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746708
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City of dreams
De la Roca, Jorge; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Higher ability workers benefit more from bigger cities while housing costs there are higher for everyone, and yet there is little sorting on ability. A possible explanation is that young individuals have an imperfect assessment of their ability, and, when they learn about it, early decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126686