system on local informality rates for the SPMR between 2000 and 2010. We compare the average changes in informality in areas … informality decreased on average 15 percent faster in areas receiving new public transport infrastructure compared to areas that …

We study the link between air accessibility (measured by non-stop flights offer) and the manufacturing export of the …

participation of regional manufacturing industry in the region's GDP and regional per capita income. The results suggest that, at …

to manufacturing industries in Japan, and the results obtained are systematically compared to those of the most prominent …

urbanization agglomeration patterns of new firm location. To this end, we analyze the location decisions of new manufacturing firms …

spillovers that affect individual firms' innovative intensity. Relying on a large sample of Italian manufacturing firms, I first … capital; (iv) when controlling for the education content of jobs, firms' innovativeness is affected more by the local … diffusion within and between firms, clusters and territories. …

There is a substantial heterogeneity in productivity when comparing individual firms. However, even when heterogeneity … importance of firms' heterogeneity compared with that of location. This is a point to be addressed on empirical grounds: location … is expected to affect firms, but there is no evidence quantifying the magnitude of these two effects across Europe. How …

density, measured by the density of firms at the canton and industry levels that positively influence the local productivity … of industries. Competition of firms has a significant negative effect. Moreover, we conduct regressions by distinguishing … the manufacturing from the service industry. The magnitude of the externalities from diversity is positive and significant …