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The question whether agglomeration effects are of importance for regional development has a long tradition in regional … science. This paper asks if regional characteristics and specifically ag-glomeration effects influence the performance of … regional agglomeration effects for Germany. Second, while earlier papers looked only at few sectors of the economy or only at …
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This article analyses the impact of labour market-induced externalities on firm performance by using a unique database that connects attributes of individuals to workplaces for the entire Swedish economy. Based on the analysis of 256,985 workplaces, our results show that firms belonging to...
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China is a central concern for the government and society. In this paper, we apply agglomeration theories to distinguish the … i census, we measure the formation of new POEs at the city-industry level, and the agglomeration forces of distance … downstream SOEs are concentrated. However, the agglomeration effects from the incumbent POEs are either insignificant or …
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China is a central concern for the government and society. In this paper, we apply agglomeration theories to distinguish the … census, we measure the formation of new POEs at the city-industry level, and the agglomeration forces of distance proximity … downstream SOEs are concentrated. However, the agglomeration effects from the incumbent POEs are either insignificant or …
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We study the firm-level responses to a substantial increase in transportation costs in the wake of a quasi-experiment that introduced tolls in a subset of Portuguese highways. Exploiting a unique dataset encompassing the universe of Portuguese private firms, we find that the introduction of...
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This paper takes a deep and comprehensive look into the firm-level behavioral reactions to a massive transportation cost shock. Exploiting rich data encompassing the universe of Portuguese private firms and a natural experiment we find that the introduction of tolls on previously toll-free...
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Human resources are a key factor for firm success, particularly nowadays when most industrial economies face an increasing shortage of qualified labour. With their pooled labour markets, regional clusters have been shown to be a preferable location for firms in order to satisfy their demand for...
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