resonate with the idea that urban economies provide a mix of industrial diversity and specialisation. A location in a within …As cities increasingly become centers of economic growth and innovation, there is a need to understand their inner …-standing question whether agglomeration economies derive from specialization (within-industry) or diversity (between-industry). We show …

accounts for technological interdependence among countries through spatial externalities. The original version models …

The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not … this controversy using a model of regional growth. The model also deals with the impact of local competition on innovation … competition is important particularly for economic growth in industry sectors (manufacturing and construction), while diversity, a …