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It has long been known that the city-size distributions are fat tailed, drawing the interest of urban economists. In contrast, not much is known about the distribution of GDP at city level (henceforth referred to as gross metropolitan product, GMP). We build a model of the spatial economy that...
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agglomeration effects, is multiples higher in developing countries than in advanced economies. This poses an urban productivity … conducive to enhanced productivity. This paper uses manufacturing censuses from four countries at differing levels of income … due to higher marginal costs, and agglomeration elasticities of efficiency, physical total factor productivity, are in …
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labour productivity differentials within each sector. …
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This chapter analyses the dynamics of regional disparities in the member states that joined the European Union in or after 2004, excluding Cyprus and Malta (EU11). The analysis shows that while differences between countries have been shrinking, regional disparities in GDP per capita and...
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