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Why are some cities specialised and others diversified? What are the advantages and disadvantages of urban specialisation and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of the firms and people in them, change over time? How does the sectoral composition of cities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744892
We document and then develop a model explaining and relating changes in firms'' organisation and in urban structure. Sharing of business services by headquarters and of sector-specific intermediates by production plants within a city reduces costs, while congestion increases with city size. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744903
We provide empirical evidence on the role of labour market pooling in determining thespatial concentration of UK manufacturing establishments. This role arises because largeconcentrations of employment iron out idiosyncratic shocks and improve establishments'ability to adapt their employment to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037470
We document and then develop a model explaining and relating changes in firms' organisation and in urban structure. Sharing of business services by headquarters and of sector-specific intermediates by production plants within a city reduces costs, while congestion increases with city size. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016832
We document and then develop a model explaining and relating changes in firms’ organization and in urban structure. Sharing of business services by headquarters and of sector-specific intermediates by production plants within a city reduces costs, while congestion increases with city size. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661784
We provide empirical evidence on the role of labour market pooling in determining the spatial concentration of UK manufacturing establishments. This role arises because large concentrations of employment iron out idiosyncratic shocks and improve establishments' ability to adapt their employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666732
We provide empirical evidence on the role of labour market pooling in determining the spatial concentration of UK manufacturing establishments. This role arises because large concentrations of employment iron out idiosyncratic shocks and improve establishments\' ability to adapt their employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572084
Striking evidence is presented of a previously unremarked transformation of urban structure from mainly sectoral to mainly functional specialisation. We offer an explanation showing that this transformation is inextricably interrelated with changes in firms' organisation. A greater variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572534
Why are some cities specialized and others diversified? What are the advantages and disadvantages of urban specialization and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of firms and people in them, change over time? How does the sectoral composition of cities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791261
Why are some cities specialized and others diversified? What are the advantages and disadvantages of urban specialization and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of firms and people in them, change over time? How does the sectoral composition of cities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792317