This paper surveys recent evidence on the determinants of (national and/or foreign) industrial location. We find that the basic analytical framework has remained essentially unaltered since the early contributions of the early 1980's while, in contrast, there have been significant advances in the quality of the data and, to a lesser extent, the econometric modelling. We also identify certain determinants (neoclassical and institutional factors) that tend to provide largely consistent results across the reviewed studies. In light of this evidence, we finally suggest future lines of research.

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Duration models, Industry dynamics, Survival,

ABSTRACT:The objective of this paper is to analyse the influence of agglomeration economies on location decisions taken by new firms inside metropolitan areas. As we assume that these economies differ according to firms' level of technology, our sample comprises new firms from high, intermediate and low technology industries. We are particularly interested in analysing the effects of agglomeration economies that are felt over very short distances (inside the metropolitan areas. We introduce in our estimation the effect of the central city as a determinant for the location of new firms in the rest of the metropolitan area.Keywords: Industrial location, cities, metropolitan areas, agglomeration economies. JEL codes: L60, R12, R30. RESUMEN:El objetivo del trabajo es analizar la influencia de las economías de aglomeración en las decisiones de localización de las nuevas empresas dentro de las áreas metropolitanas. Dado que se asume que estas economías difieren en función del nivel tecnológico de cada empresa, se clasifican las nuevas empresas en tecnología avanzada, intermedia y tradicional. El interés se centra particularmente en analizar los efectos de las economías de aglomeración que tienen lugar en distancias muy cortas (dentro de las áreas metropolitanas). En la estimación se introduce el efecto de la ciudad central del área metropolitana como determinante de la localización de las nuevas empresas en el resto del área metropolitana.

The aim of this article is to show the main determinants of industrial location processes. To better illustrate phenomena such as agglomeration economies, which are normally studied at the regional level, we use local data. We use the Poisson model to identify the location patterns of firms. Our main statistical source is the Spanish Industrial Establishments Register, which has plant-level microdata on location of new industrial establishments. Our results show that the characteristics of a municipality strongly affect the location decisions of industrial establishments and that these decisions also depend on the sector in which the firm is located and the size of the firm. Copyright RSAI 2005.

In this paper we analyse the intensity and extent of agglomeration and coagglomeration of creative industries (CIs) in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (MAB). To do so, we use firm-level geo-located data to calculate distance-based M and m functions of agglomeration and co-agglomeration. Our results show that CIs are relatively more agglomerated than non-CIs at short distances, and that each individual CI sector displays high levels of agglomeration (especially symbolic-based sectors). Also, the co-agglomeration of CIs and Non-CIs is only observed for micro-firms and that there is significant co-agglomeration among symbolicbased CI sectors. Finally, we confirm the role of the city-centre of Barcelona as a magnet for CIs.JEL classification: R39, Z100

C25, R30, R10,

Increasingly, economies that have traditionally benefited from offshoring are losing some of their strategical advantages, with a consequent increase in backshoring by developed economies. This paper describes the phenomenon and tries to shed light on the current challenges, trends, and debates in the area, and on the main determinants of backshoring. A new phenomenon known as nearshoring is also analysed—this consists of relocating some previously offshored manufacturing activities so that they are now close to previous core locations, but not so close as to suffer from disagglomeration effects. This combines the advantages of offshoring and backshoring.