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The Evolution of Geographic Structure in New Industries
Klepper, Steven - In: Revue de l'OFCE 97 bis (2006) 5, pp. 135-158
industries in order to gain insights into the primary forces governing the agglomeration of industries. Spinoffs, which are firms … founded by employees of incumbent producers, played a prominent role in the agglomerations that emerged around Detroit, MI and …
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Firm-worker matching in industrial clusters
Figueiredo, Octávio; Guimaraes, Paulo; Woodward, Douglas - 2011
In this paper we use a novel approach and a large Portuguese employer-employee panel data set to study the hypothesis that industrial agglomeration improves the quality of the firm-worker matching process. Our method makes use of recent developments in the estimation and analysis of models with...
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Firm-Worker Matching in Industrial Clusters
Figueiredo, Octávio; Guimarães, Paulo; Woodward, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
In this paper we use a novel approach and a large Portuguese employer-employee paneldata set to study the hypothesis that industrial agglomeration improves the quality of the firmworkermatching process. Our method makes use of recent developments in the estimationand analysis of models with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522215
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Firm-Worker Matching in Industrial Clusters
Figueiredo, Octávio; Guimaraes, Paulo; Woodward, Douglas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper we use a novel approach and a large Portuguese employer-employee panel data set to study the hypothesis that industrial agglomeration improves the quality of the firm-worker matching process. Our method makes use of recent developments in the estimation and analysis of models with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325441
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Firm location and productivity in Spain
Holl, Adelheid - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2013) 25, pp. 27-42
analysis distinguishes two location characteristics measured at the municipality level: local agglomeration measured by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992232
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Firm location and productivity in Spain
Holl, Adelheid - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2013) 25, pp. 27-42
analysis distinguishes two location characteristics measured at the municipality level: local agglomeration measured by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992235
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Agglomeration and the location choice of foreign direct investment: new evidence from manufacturing FDI in Mexico
Jordaan, Jacob A. - In: Estudios Económicos 27 (2012) 1, pp. 61-97
In this paper, I estimate conditional logit location models to identify the regional characteristics that influenced … the location choice of the large influx of manufacturing FDI into Mexico that occurred in the second half of the 1990s … quality, agglomeration economies and regional distance to Mexico City and the US are all important location factors. Second …
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Corn ethanol in the Midwestern USA : local competition, entry and agglomeration
Thome, Karen E.; Lawell, C.-Y. Cynthia Lin - In: Journal of economic geography 22 (2022) 6, pp. 1247-1273
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013542159
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Local Competition and Impact of Entry by a Dominant Retailer
Zhu, Ting; Singh, Vishal; Dukes, Anthony J. - Centre for Industrial Economics (CIE), Økonomisk Institut - 2005
This paper analyzes the competition between two spatially differentiated multi-product retailers who encounter entry … from a dominant discount retailer. Our primary objective is to determine how entry affects the pricing and relative profits … of the incumbent stores and the role played by the location of the entrant. The new entrant has partial overlap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749396
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Agglomeration, regional grants and firm location
Devereux, Michael P.; Griffith, Rachel; Simpson, Helen - 2004
We examine whether discretionary government grants influence the location of new plants, and how effective these … structure affects the location of new entrants. Firms in more agglomerated industries locate new plants near to others in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293053