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Agglomeration Economies: Localization or Urbanization? [PDF]

Urban Studies, 1988
I estimate localization and urbanization economies with a methodology and data different from those of Henderson and Nakamura. After demonstrating the problems associated with using a single agglomeration variable, I present my estimates. As Nakamura found for Japanese cities, I find evidence of both localization economies and urbanization economies ...
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Beyond Marshallian Agglomeration Economies

2016
Most, if not all, industrial development in the history of advanced countries and in the developing world is based on the development of industrial districts. A unique feature of this edited volume is to compare the development of industrial districts in the history of Japan, Spain, France, other European countries as well as contemporary developing ...
Tomoko Hashino, Keijiro Otsuka
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Agglomeration in a global Economy: A Survey [PDF]

, 1997
This review of recent contributions reveals common conclusions about the effects of integration on location. For high trade costs, the need to supply markets locally encourages firms to spread across different regions. Integration weakens the incentives for self-sufficiency and for intermediate values of trade costs pecuniary externalities induce firms
Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Diego Puga
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Determinants of agglomeration economies and diseconomies:

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2001
Abstract This paper presents an empirical study on the economies and diseconomies caused by the agglomeration of population and industries in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Through an econometric estimation, it is confirmed that while the economies of agglomeration resulted mainly from the spatial concentration of corporate headquarters, financial ...
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Knowledge production, organisation and agglomeration economies.

GeoJournal, 1997
The increasing attention for the economic value of the scientific work produced in universities has resulted in a multitude of concepts concerning the production and transfer of knowledge and possible linkages with the business community. Many universities are engaged in activities aimed at improving the economic development of their respective regions.
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The Micro-Empirics of Agglomeration Economies

2007
Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. Urban economics focuses on the allocation of resources across space. In considering this sort of resource allocation, a striking fact becomes apparent immediately: economic activity is highly concentrated.
Stuart S. Rosenthal, William C. Strange
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Agglomeration economies: a survey of the literature

1978
Generally, agglomeration economies refer to the external economies associated with size and concentration. The benefits of size and concentration vary for different cross-sections of the urban population. Three such groupings may be identified: 1.
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Empirical Knowledge of Agglomeration Economies

2017
This chapter details the role of industrial agglomeration in regional economies, and discusses the issues found in existing empirical studies. The role industrial agglomeration plays in regional economies has been discussed and empirically studied for a long time.
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CBD hypothesis and economies of agglomeration

Journal of Economic Theory, 1982
Abstract Economies of agglomeration as a rationale for the formation of central business district of a city is examined. In a simultaneous location problem of firms and workers on a line segment, a locational interaction effect among firms is introduced.
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Firm Location and Agglomeration Economies

2015
This chapter examines agglomeration economies and how they affect the location of firms. First, the relevant literature on agglomeration economies is introduced. Second, we investigate each component of these economies in terms of scale, scope, and complexity (spatially constrained internal and external economies).
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