This is a pioneering study of Brazil of the importance of labor pooling to explain industrial agglomeration in the … pooling variable is positive and significant.Thus, industries where, on average, plants face more idiosyncratic shocks …

key insight that emerges is that the interaction between agglomeration economies and comparative advantage involves a … comparative advantage in sectors governed by this force whilst the impact of agglomeration economies is enhanced by trade cost … small economies is not only shaped by the primitives that determine agglomeration economies and comparative advantage but …

A large body of literature considers the productive advantages of cities, or "agglomeration economies". Most empirical … studies report positive agglomeration economies, although large variation exists in the magnitude of estimates. We use a meta …, we find agglomeration elasticities are likely to lie in the range 2.7-6.4%. Our findings confirm the controls enabled by …

and within sectors is provided. Scale economies are only important for across industries' variation in agglomeration, not … across industries' variation in agglomeration. Further evidence for intrasectoral trade explaining equalizing economic … Geography in explaining industrial and services sectors' agglomeration in the European Union. Therefore, new dynamic panel data …

and within sectors is provided. Scale economies are only important for across industries' variation in agglomeration, not … across industries' variation in agglomeration. Further evidence for intrasectoral trade explaining equalizing economic … Geography in explaining industrial and services sectors' agglomeration in the European Union. Therefore, new dynamic panel data …

regional growth model, which links first time knowledge spillover, agglomeration, distribution of per capita productivity and … of knowledge affect agglomeration and distribution of per capita productivity. One of key findings is, that grasp of …

on the one hand and persistent or even increasing spatial concentration (agglomeration) on the other. Kernel density …) foster the catching-up of lagging countries but at the same time forces for agglomeration of economic activities tend to …

contributes with a classification of first- and second-nature causes of agglomeration and clustering. This part will also …