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 …

that boost agglomeration forces and innovation, fostering further concentration of economic activities. For historic …-offs between agglomeration economies and increasing climate-induced hazards, we develop an evolutionary agent-based model with … growth. Flood damages affect Coastal firms hitting their labour productivity, capital stock and inventories. We find that the …

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 …

In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and …

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with … productivity, to a "Marxian" zone where the paradoxically decline with productivity. This is because as consumption of a given good … more unevenly distributed then productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …

) agglomeration economies and (negative) environmentalexternalities. Based on a simplified representation of a linear urban economy … simulations. The model includes a spacious industrial centrein which agglomeration externalities are differentiated over space …

This paper investigates the relationship between technological relatedness and firm productivity and the role of firms … to study the impact of technological relatedness (and its sources) on firm productivity following more intense state …-enterprise reforms. The results reveal that overall relatedness, and each respective marshallian source, boosts firm productivity …

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a Solovian zone where wages increase with … productivity, to a Marxian zone where they paradoxically decline with productivity. This is because as consumption of a given good … more unevenly distributed than productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …