agglomeration in the conditional mean of labor productivity. Additionally, the QR and IVQR estimators find a progressively …In this paper we estimate agglomeration economies in Spain in 2009 basing on Ciccone?s (2002) model, which explains … average labor productivity in one spatial unit on employment density and other controls. The novelty of our analysis is that …

This paper empirically analyzes the agglomeration-related productivity premium at the enterprise level of the … both the urban and the regional levels of analysis. We also found that productivity gained from urban agglomeration is the … almost doubles the productivity premium of a firm in an urban agglomeration. All of our results are robust to changes in …

The question whether agglomeration effects are of importance for regional development has a long tradition in regional … science. This paper asks if regional characteristics and specifically ag-glomeration effects influence the performance of … regional agglomeration effects for Germany. Second, while earlier papers looked only at few sectors of the economy or only at …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

There is a large literature on the existence of agglomeration economies, as shown in the surveys by Moomaw (1983) or … associated with higher productivity levels. In this context, this paper explores the links between urban spatial structure and …

that contrasts cross-country evidence on agglomeration benefits with the productivity impact of metropolitan governance …In estimating agglomeration benefits across five OECD countries, this paper represents the first empirical analysis … lower levels of productivity. The estimated elasticity for an increase in the number of local jurisdiction is 0.06, which is …

the agglomeration effect is hard to identify. Recent advances make use of individual level data to separate out sorting … population in Norway with complete description of their education level. The data allow for estimation of the agglomeration … effect for different education groups and the results show that agglomeration economies are increasing with education level …

In this paper we compare the magnitude of local productivity advantages associated to two different spatial … findings. We detect local productivity advantages for both UA and ID. However, firms located in UA attain a larger Total Factor … Productivity (TFP) premium than those operating within ID. Besides, it turns out that the advantages of ID have declined over time …

This paper evaluates the impact of accessibility on the productivity of Spanish manufacturing firms. We suggest the use … Total Factor Productivity level for 2009, which is then explained in the second estimation step as a function of the …, and a smaller effect of the accessibility to workers on firms’ productivity. …

This paper analyzes the effect of agglomeration economies on firms' total factor productivity. We propose the use of a …-uniform effects of agglomeration economies on firms given their technological level. In addition, R&D is included to account for the … firms’ own efforts to foster productivity through creating and absorbing knowledge. Finally, radii as well as administrative …