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How important is geography for agglomeration? [PDF]

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The economic geography literature distinguishes between two types of reasons for economic agglomeration. Regional concentration of economic activity can be attributed to 'first nature' meaning geographic advantages and disadvantages given by nature or to
Roos, Michael
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The Identification of Agglomeration Economies [PDF]

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Measures of urban productivity are typically positively associated with city population. But is this relationship causal? We discuss the main sources of bias in the proper identification of agglomeration effects.
Gilles Duranton   +2 more
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Micro-Foundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies [PDF]

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This handbook chapter studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies. We distinguish three types of micro-foundations, based on sharing, matching, and learning mechanisms.
Diego Puga, Giles Duranton
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