try to fill this gap by estimating the effects of urban agglomeration on knowledge intensive business service firmsâ …

This paper develops a quantitative model of city structure to separate agglomeration forces, dispersion forces and … stochastic shocks to worker productivity, which yield a gravity equation for commuting ows. To empirically disentangle …

This chapter surveys recent developments in agglomeration theory within a unifying framework. We highlight how … locational fundamentals, agglomeration economies, the spatial sorting of heterogeneous agents, and selection effects affect the … size, productivity, composition, and inequality of cities, as well as their size distribution in the urban system. …

also uneven across space, it also seems relevant to wonder about the effects of the geographic agglomeration of economic … activity. Moreover, it seems relevant to consider not only the levels of inequality and agglomeration, but also their change … specifications and introducing different measures for agglomeration at country level, especially urbanization and urban concentration …