efficient operation of cities by facilitating business activities and improving worker productivity. The literature has devoted … productivity show positive, but in some cases statistically insignificant, effects of public capital stock on productivity. Most of … the productivity of firms in urban areas. More research is needed to explore the interrelationships between urban size and …

This study explores the relationship between agglomeration economies and industrial productivity between 1980 and 2010 … in Ecuador. The measure of productivity used is labour productivity. We conclude that urbanization economies have a … positive impact on productivity in the period analyzed. …

This paper estimates the impacts of China's preferential policies on the economic performance of domestic firms in … urban agglomerations. First, several proxies for China's heterogenous policies (e.g. subsidies, access to loans, and tax … preferential policies on firm productivity, especially in larger cities. The results reveal that Chinese preferential policies …