agglomeration externalities all generate positive effects was 33% while they seem challenged by congestion in highly urbanised … agglomeration economies. Focusing on Ecuadorian cantons, a productivity equation is estimated using the GMM model with instruments … is investigated and for the first time, the implication of the level of urbanisation on agglomeration externalities is …

manufacturing. A lack of agglomeration economies is one possible explanation for slow manufacturing growth and the attendant … premature deindustrialization. The paper follows Combes (2000) in examining the importance of agglomeration economies on … employment growth. Other agglomeration economies do seem to play a role, although not always in the manner anticipated …

congestion costs. Institutions governing land markets, property rights, local government autonomy, and local financing affect the …

structure of economic activity. We address a central policy issue, the high extent of urban agglomeration in Tokyo. Then we turn …