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 …

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 …

Economic research on industry location and agglomeration has focused nearly exclusively on manufacturing. This paper … traditional measures of knowledge spillovers, natural resource inputs, and labor pooling explain little of agglomeration in … services industries, this paper takes an alternative approach and looks at co-agglomeration to assess why industries cluster …

growth in German cities from 2003 to 2007. Although, from a theoretical perspective, agglomeration economies are supposed to … known about agglomeration economies in Germany, where interregional support policy and the characteristics of the federal …

(physical and political geography) and how much can be derived from endogenous second nature factors (man-made agglomeration …

the agglomeration. Regression analysis highlights that proximity, administrative boundaries, accessibility, and labor …

geography exercises (the analysis of spatial concentration, agglomeration economies, and trade determinants), using various …