In contrast to what several papers have argued recently, we show that firm heterogeneity fosters agglomeration of … economic activity. If firms are more similar with respect to their total factor productivity, each company faces a lower … propensity to export. This renders the home market more important speaking against agglomeration. We also relate changes in firm …

larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the … cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote … interactions that increase productivity), possibly reinforced by localised natural advantage. To distinguish between them, we nest …

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 use disaggregated data on Chilean plants, and the Chilean input-output table to examine the impact of agglomeration … spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers … relations into account. We find important productivity spillover effects from plants in upstream industries. Interestingly, a …

We estimate a model of urban productivity in which the agglomeration effect of density is enhanced by a metropolitan … accounts for the spatial distribution of population, we find that a doubling of density increases productivity by 2 to 4 … average labor productivity with respect to density increases with human capital. Metropolitan areas with a human capital stock …

We use Japanese firm-level data to examine how a firm?s productivity affects its choice of foreign-market entry …

Urbanization economies - the effects on productivity and utility created endogenously by larger cities - are a …. Krupka (2008) presents a general model in which exogenous variation in local productivity (natural advantage) and development …/resident happiness and/or reducing productivity of employers. …

and agglomeration. The core region that is more attractive to high skilled workers has a disproportionately large share of … briefly studies how trade in intermediate goods and endogenous land demand affect segmentation and agglomeration. …

Heterogeneous firm productivity seems to provide an argument for governments to pursue `pick-the-winner' strategies by …, favoring high-productivity firms is indeed the optimal policy. When tax competition is aggressive and profit taxes are low …, however, the optimal tax policy is reversed and low-productivity firms are tax-favored. …