Although there is growing evidence on the role of agglomeration economies in the formation and growth of firms, both … the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature …. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations and measures of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship …

diversification of capital agglomeration of capital occurs. Hence, regional policy will not achieve its objective to equal the spatial …

upon the firms' risk preferences. As a result regional agglomeration of investments may occur although the objective of the … ; regional policy ; agglomeration ; two-moment decision model …

upon the firms' risk preferences. As a result regional agglomeration of investments may occur although the objective of the …

agglomeration. The analysis shows a clear and strong selection of more productive new establishments into larger regions, regardless … show higher productivity levels as compared to those located in smaller regions, the role of an agglomeration is very … first time period, but start-ups suffer negative agglomeration effects over time. …

terms of productivity than non-traders when agglomeration rises. Firms that are stable participants of international trade … gain 16 % in terms of total factor productivity growth as agglomeration doubles while non-traders may not benefit from … agglomeration at all. Results also suggest that traders' productivity premium is most apparent in urbanised economies. …

We estimate a model of urban productivity in which the agglomeration effect of density is enhanced by a metropolitan …

. -- urban density premium ; dynamic agglomeration economies ; establishment entry and exit …

account for any of the estimated density premium. We interpret our results as implying that the returns to agglomeration …