Eberts, Randall W.; McMillen, Daniel P. - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 3, …, (pp. 1455-1495). 1999
This chapter reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on agglomeration economies and urban public infrastructure. Theory links the two concepts by positing that agglomeration economies exist when firms in an urban area share a public good as an input to production. One type of shareable...