the recent emphasis on agglomeration effects and divergence. The population flows to urban centers do not generate growth …

economy with an urban location and a rural one. Agglomeration economies make urban dwellers benefit from a larger population …, congestion costs associated with a too large population size limit the process of urban-rural transformation. Firms in the urban … equilibrium the urban location is inefficiently small because households fail to internalize the agglomeration economies and the …

There is a large literature on the existence of agglomeration economies, as shown in the surveys by Moomaw (1983) or …

sectoral and spatial. The goal of this paper is to clarify regional differentiation and agglomeration within the European union … is observed at the NUTS 2 regions. To determine the quality of industrial specialization and agglomeration is used in so …

mechanism for agglomeration of firms' establishments. The causes of higher productivity in denser areas have received important … classical determinants of agglomeration economies. In addition to these forces, firms may be attracted to particular locations … important role for agglomeration and the consequent productivity advantages this paper explores the role of skyscraper in …

Theoretical approaches have been developed to examine the effect of agglomeration on growth. However, the understanding … of the mechanisms of agglomeration in developing countries remains unaddressed. This paper aims to give empirical … evidence of the role of agglomeration on the growth of Latin American regions. The study of the subcontinent is crucial because …

Standard approaches to studying industrial agglomeration have been in terms of scalar measures of agglomeration within … each industry. But such measures often fail to distinguish spatial scales of agglomeration. In a previous paper, Mori and … agglomeration based on an explicit method for detecting spatial clusters. The first, designated as the global extent of industrial …

not possible to define as random. Indeed, countries have faced a strong tendency toward agglomeration, namely population … gathers within proper areas like cities, and currently the agglomeration within cities "is an extremely complex amalgam of … the hierarchical structure of the cities within the EU Member States with particular attention on agglomeration forces by …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between agglomeration and economic growth for a panel of 48 Central and … Eastern European regions from 1995 to 2006. By agglomeration, we mean the within-regional concentration of aggregate economic … for endogeneity and spatial dependence. Our empirical analysis provides evidence of a positive effect of agglomeration as …