Using a Melitz-style model of heterogeneous firms, Baldwin and Okubo (2006) recently presented a theoretical model in which self-sorting occurs and more productive factories choose to locate in more productive areas. The model suggests that firm-specific factors and regional factors affect each...

In this paper, geographical spillover potential is modeled and empirically examined using factory-level data from Japans Census of Manufactures. First, the efficiency of each factory is estimated using a non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) model for each industry. Second, the...

Machine generated contents note: 1. The new world order Dale W. Jorgenson; 2. US Economic Growth - retrospect and prospect: lessons from a prototype industry-level production account for the United States, 1947-2012 Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Jon D. Samuels; 3. The structural causes of...