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From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
Falck, Oliver; Guenther, Christina; Heblich, Stephan; … - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2011
Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent … expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non … effects are due to increased competition for local resources. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277014
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From Russia with Love : The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
Falck, Oliver - 2012
-experimental characteristics. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet-occupied zone to … prevent expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven … evidence that these effects are due to increased competition for local resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116008
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From Russia with love : the impact of relocated firms on incumbent survival
Falck, Oliver; Günther, Christina; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009546980
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Regional determinants of new business formation in China : prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015 - Draft version
Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480854
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Problem on the Plains : College Earnings Premiums in Small Metropolitan Areas
Winters, John V. - 2021
I use the American Community Survey to examine how college earnings premiums differ across small metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the U.S. I document that the West North Central Division (Plains Region) has especially low average college earnings premiums. Controlling for observable MSA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314735
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Chapter 1. What Do We Learn From Schumpeterian Growth Theory?
Aghion, Philippe; Akcigit, Ufuk; Howitt, Peter - 2014
alternative theories. In this survey, we focus on four important aspects, namely: (i) the role of competition and market structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025596
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Regional determinants of new business formation in China: Prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015
Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400491
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Creativity over Time and Space
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido - 2019
Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space, and across different domains. What explains the formation and decay of clusters of creativity? In this paper we match data on thousands of notable individuals born in Europe between the XIth and the XIXth century with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532905
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Evolving city systems
Overman, Henry G.; Venables, Anthony J. - 2010
This paper reviews the literature on the forces driving urbanization in developing countries. It presents a model outlining how globalization can lead to the evolution of an urban structure which may approximate Zipf's law. Policy implications are outlined.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280189
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Creativity over Time and Space
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido - 2019
Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space, and across different domains. What explains the formation and decay of clusters of creativity? In this paper we match data on thousands of notable individuals born in Europe between the XIth and the XIXth century with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141280