This paper investigates the trends and determinants of geographic concentration and industrial specialization in the …, both geographic concentration and industrial specialization began to decrease, resulting in an increased similarity of … specialization. The result is robust when using instrumental variables to deal with possible reverse causality and omitted variable …

to cities developing a pattern of sectoral specialization, and the latter a pattern of functional specialization. This … predictions of the model are consistent with changes in the pattern of specialization in the US over recent decades. The model … insights, including that, as costs of remote sourcing fall, cities’ functional specialization tends to increase and their …

specialization of the Canadian regions. Trade integration is captured through the decrease of trade-weighted tariffs that was boosted …

This paper investigates the relation between agglomeration of economic activity and the pattern of specialization of … advantage drives specialization, while absolute advantage drives agglomeration. …

specialization (SS) in EU regions (NUTS2 level)? This role can be dual and ICT is considered in this study both as an invention which … specialization in the ICT sector (development ICT as invention). The findings bring some improvements by evidence-based policy making … especially the base of specialization in ICT as GPT under SS assumptions. …

market integration to regional specialization found in an earlier study, this finding supports the idea that higher capital …

market integration to regional specialization found in an earlier study, this finding supports the idea that higher capital …

market share analysis reveals the emerging trade specialization patterns. There has been a general trade reorientation of … resource specialization generally increased as reforms and restructuring were delayed. It is questionable whether the NIS will …

and nature of specialization has important consequences for liberalizing economies. It is therefore extremely relevant for … those countries pursuing trade liberalization initiatives to know how their specialization profiles would look like under … lower trade costs. This paper examines the impact of trade policy on production specialization patterns in ten Latin …