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 …

This study examines the impact of localization and urbanization economies as well as the impact of city size on urban … 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 …

This study empirically establishes a link between medieval trade, agglomeration and contemporary regional development …; they also reveal a robust connection between medieval city growth and contemporary regional agglomeration and industry … indeed transmitted via its effect on agglomeration and industry concentration. This research thus highlights the long …

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. …

of inter- and intra-industry agglomeration as proxies of access with a newly developed gravity-based indicator … a sample of 110,083 German firms, provide evidence that agglomeration effects play an essential role in firms' location …