If localization economies are present, firms within denser industry concentrations should exhibit higher levels of … survival has largely ignored the potential effects from agglomeration. Recent studies in urban and regional economics suggest … that agglomeration effects may be very localized. Analyses of industry concentration at the MSA or county-level may fail to …

potential of this country, we would like now to complete the strictly economic analysis of the agglomeration and industrial …

growth, agglomeration, and urban congestion. Unlike previous research in the urban growth literature, we formulate the model …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in manufacturing agglomeration in a small open economy over …/methodology/approach – This work adapts the methodology developed by De Propris to measure the relative level of manufacturing agglomeration … that manufacturing agglomeration has increased in Wales at a time when manufacturing employment is decreasing …

, to analyze empirically the relative impact of endowments and agglomeration based on the application of a New Economic …

The paper investigates specialization and agglomeration trends in EU-27 NUTS2 regions over 1991-2011 by means of two …-average specialization and agglomeration. The paper shows that over 1991-2011 these features change very little; moreover, while …, notwithstanding EU emphasis on real convergence. Indicators disaggregated by sectors show that for CEECs specialization/agglomeration …

prewar Japan. Agglomeration improves the productivity of each plant through positive externalities which shift plant … distribution on the left. We find evidence of agglomeration effects that benefit less productive plants and selection effects in … studies that find positive agglomeration effects in the most productive firms, but no selection effects in cities (Combes et …

quality, agglomeration economies and regional distance to Mexico City and the US are all important location factors. Second … evidence that agglomeration economies have a spatial dimension. …