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Applying the methodology developed by Duranton and Overman (2005, 2008), we analyze localization and dispersion of … Japan. Localization is comparable to that in the US, and takes place at relative small scales that are consistent with the … size of Chinese cities. Localization increases rapidly, even in the relative short period between 2002 and 2008, especially …
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The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of industry characteristics on the localization and … in Spain. First, for a 3-digit level, we identify for each industry which type of agglomeration economies - localization … that for industries with high influence of localization economies on their location patterns what matters is the labour …
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Local industrial clusters have attracted much attention in the recenteconomic and geographical literature. A huge number of case studies have beenconducted. This paper presents a meta-analysis of the case studies of 159 localindustrial clusters in various countries and industries. Based on an...
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A stochastic model of the evolution of the firm population in a regionand industry is developed. This model is used to make predictions about theexpected probability distribution of the firm number in regions and their dynamics.Data on the spatial distribution of firms in Germany is used to...
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This paper studies the frequency of observing a certain number offirms or employees in a region for a given industry. Various predictions for thesefrequencies are deduced from theoretical considerations. Then, the empirical distri-butions of 198 industries in Germany are analysed. It is found...
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