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What underlies localization and urbanization economies? Evidence from the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2012
The objective of this paper is to analyze why firms in some industries locate in specialized economic environments (localization economies) while those in other industries prefer large city locations (urbanization economies). To this end, we examine the location decisions of new manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544078
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What underlies localization and urbanization economies? Evidence from the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; … - Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) - 2012
The objective of this paper is to analyze why firms in some industries locate in specialized economic environments (localization economies) while those in other industries prefer large city locations (urbanization economies). To this end, we examine the location decisions of new manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548921
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When are localization and urbanization economies important? : evidence from the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; Viladecans … - 2012
The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of industry characteristics on the localization and urbanization agglomeration patterns of new firm location. To this end, we analyze the location decisions of new manufacturing firms in Spain. First, for a 3-digit level, we identify for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508669
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What Underlies Localization and Urbanization Economies? Evidence from the Location of New Firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi - 2015
The objective of this paper is to analyze why firms in some industries locate in specialized economic environments (localization economies) while those in other industries prefer large city locations (urbanization economies). To this end, we examine the location decisions of new manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036889
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Does the crisis change the nature of agglomeration economies in Indonesia? : a productivity analysis of pre-post 1997-1998 financial crisis
Khoirunurrofik - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 7 (2020) 2, pp. 85-106
By examining their source and magnitude, this paper looked at the changes in the nature of Indonesia’s agglomeration economies over three distinct, successive periods: the pre-crisis boom (1990-1996), the deep crisis (1997-2000), and the post-crisis recovery (2001-2010). We found that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012491428
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How important are agglomeration effects for plant performance? : empirical evidence for Germany
Fuchs, Michaela; Ludewig, Oliver - 2010 - Preliminary version
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 plants in Germany and, if so, in which direction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539710
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Does the crisis change the nature of agglomeration economies in Indonesia? A productivity analysis of pre-post 1997-1998 financial crisis
Khoirunurrofik, Khoirunurrofik - In: REGION 7 (2020) 2, pp. 85-106
By examining their source and magnitude, this paper looked at the changes in the nature of Indonesia's agglomeration economies over three distinct, successive periods: the pre-crisis boom (1990-1996), the deep crisis (1997-2000), and the post-crisis recovery (2001-2010). We found that economies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591468
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The mechanisms of agglomeration: Evidence from the effect of inter-industry relations on the location of new firms
Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Marín-López, Raquel; … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010
The objective of this paper is to explore the relative importance of each of Marshall’s agglomeration mechanisms by examining the location of new manufacturing firms in Spain. In particular, we estimate the count of new firms by industry and location as a function of (pre-determined) local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693861
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Why geographic dispersion before its time : industrial policy and economic geography in the People's Republic of China
Wu, Yiyun; Zhu, Xiwei - 2017
This paper investigates the trends and determinants of geographic concentration and industrial specialization in the …, both geographic concentration and industrial specialization began to decrease, resulting in an increased similarity of … specialization. The result is robust when using instrumental variables to deal with possible reverse causality and omitted variable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585948
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The economic microgeography of diversity and specialization
Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P.; Wernberg, Joakim - 2017
-standing question whether agglomeration economies derive from specialization (within-industry) or diversity (between-industry). We show …. There are robust positive effects of diversity and specialization on firms' TFP growth at the local within-city neighborhood … level, especially for firms in high-tech and knowledge-intensive activities. While specialization effects are bound to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657494