Essays about: "agglomeration economies."

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  1. 11. The Spatial Economy of the EU: Patterns and Trends

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mark Bagley; [2010]
    Keywords : Agglomeration Economies New Economic Geography Complex Systems Economic Integration Econometrics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper uses a New Economic Geography and Complex Systems framework to explore the nature of agglomeration economies on a sector by sector basis, as well as dropping many of the assumptions that are present with many mainstream schools of thought. By drawing upon a model of self-reinforcing behaviour, and examining the effects of self-organisation, path dependence, and discontinuous change, the trends of each sector are compared by using a spatial lag model. READ MORE

  3. 12. Location and rank-size distribution of Arts and Entertainment : A study of US Metropolitan Regions

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Benjamin Ruett; [2010]
    Keywords : Firm location; firm size; economies of scale; Zipf’s law;

    Abstract : This thesis describes and analyzes the location and size distribution of artand entertainment establishments and metropolitan regions in the UnitedStates. The included sectors are sound recording, motion picture and video,book and newspaper publishing as well as the live performing arts. READ MORE