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What underlies localization and urbanization economies? Evidence from the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2012
The objective of this paper is to analyze why firms in some industries locate in specialized economic environments (localization economies) while those in other industries prefer large city locations (urbanization economies). To this end, we examine the location decisions of new manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544078
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What underlies localization and urbanization economies? Evidence from the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; … - Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) - 2012
The objective of this paper is to analyze why firms in some industries locate in specialized economic environments (localization economies) while those in other industries prefer large city locations (urbanization economies). To this end, we examine the location decisions of new manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548921
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The mechanisms of agglomeration: Evidence from the effect of inter-industry relations on the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010
The objective of this paper is to explore the relative importance of each of Marshall’s agglomeration mechanisms by examining the location of new manufacturing firms in Spain. In particular, we estimate the count of new firms by industry and location as a function of (pre-determined) local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693861
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Testing urbanization economies in manufacturing industries: urban diversity or urban size?
Fu, Shihe; Hong, Junjie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Whether urbanization economies are caused by urban diversity or urban scale is not clear in regional and urban economics literature. Many empirical studies have used either city population size or urban industrial diversity to measure urbanization economies and have reached different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789496
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Industrial location at the intra-metropolitan level: The role of agglomeration economies
Arauzo-Carod, Josep Maria; Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2006
The objective of this paper is to analyse the influence of agglomeration economies on location decisions taken by new firms inside metropolitan areas. As we assume that these economies differ according to firms’ level of technology, our sample comprises new firms from high, intermediate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248522
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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry
Stam, Erik; Oort, Frank G. van - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252219
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Agglomeration and Productivity - evidence from firm-level data
Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
Do agglomerations stimulate productivity? An extensive literature on agglomeration economies, or urban increasing returns, has analyzed this question with aggregated spatial data. This paper estimates the relationship between agglomeration and productivity at the firm level using static and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004988935
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Heterogeneous multinational firms and productivity gains from falling FDI barriers
Arita, Shawn; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
During the past decade of declining FDI barriers, small domestic firms disproportionately contracted while large multinational firms experienced a substantial growth in Japan’s manufacturing sector. This paper quantitatively assesses the impact of FDI globalization on intra-industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650719
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Estimation of semiparametric sorting models: Explaining geographical concentration of business services
Koster, Hans R.A.; van Ommeren, Jos; Rietveld, Piet - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 44 (2014) C, pp. 14-28
this approach by examining the effects of specialization and diversity at the local level on profitability of business … services firms. We find that, for most firms, profitability increases with specialization and decreases with diversity. In line … with the literature, it is shown that specialization is particularly profitable for large and older firms, whereas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738126
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Industrial agglomeration and firm size: Evidence from China
Li, Dongya; Lu, Yi; Wu, Mingqin - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 1-2, pp. 135-143
This paper, by using annual surveys of manufacturing firms from 1998 to 2005 in China, first documents a positive correlation between industrial agglomeration and firm size, which is previously found in developed economies. Next, by using the instrumental variable estimations, we identify that...
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