Industrial Development in Cities

Henderson, J. Vernon; Kuncoro, Ari; Turner, Matthew A.

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“…For costly R&D activities this possibility of increasing one's productivity by free-riding on the research of others implies a propensity to underinvest into knowledge-generating activities (Audretsch 1998: 20). In addition to this short-term effect, knowledge spillovers do also have a dynamic component because the magnitude of their effects on productivity depends on the amount of knowledge that was already accumulated in the past (Dohse 2001: 132;Henderson 1997: 450;Henderson et al 1995Henderson et al : 1068. This should be kept in mind as an additiopnal barrier to the diffusion of knowledge in addition to the spatial distance between the producer of an externality and his potential recipient.…”

Section: Knowledge In Space: Approaches To the Problemmentioning

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What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: A survey of the literature

Döring¹,

2006

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. with persistently different levels of growth. This paper provides a survey of theoretical and empirical findings on this. Terms of use: Documents in• The theoretical concept of knowledge spillovers is outlined by discussing the different types of knowledge, the spatial dimension of knowledge spillovers, and the geographical mechanisms and structural conditions of knowledge diffusion. Such spillovers lead to dynamic externalities, and to agglomeration effects in the geographical dimension. Both effects constitute path dependencies in the economic growth of regions.• Existing recent empirical studies mainly support the theoretically derived hypotheses. This applies especially to the importance of knowledge spillovers for regional productivity and innovative behaviour.• In addition to the large number of surveyed contributions, the paper refers also to unanswered questions, i.e. the normative question whether the theoretical considerations and empirical evidence warrant any economic policy measures actively encouraging knowledge spillovers.Thomas Döring, University of Kassel and Philipps-University Marburg Jan Schnellenbach, Philipps-University Marburg What Do We Know About Geographical Knowledge Spillovers and Regional Growth? -A Survey of the LiteratureThomas Döring University of Kassel and Philipps-University Marburg and Jan Schnellenbach * Philipps-University Marburg AbstractModern (endogenous) growth theory tells us that knowledge spillovers are crucial for the growth of high-income economies. Against this background the paper provides a survey of theoretical and empirical findings highlighting the question of how geographically limited knowledge diffusion can help to explain clusters of regions with persistently different levels of growth. The paper discusses this topic in two steps: First, the theoretical concept of knowledge spillovers is outlined by discussing the different types of knowledge, the spatial dimension of knowledge spillovers, and the geographical mechanisms and structural conditions of knowledge diffusion. This discussion shows that the literature on knowledge spillovers focuses on the hypotheses that such spillovers lead to dynamic externalities and -in the geographical dimension -to agglomeration effects, both of which constitute path dependence in the economic growth of regions. Second, the paper analyses the empirical evidence for these theoretical findings. Existing empirical work mainly supports the theoretically derived hypothes...

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Section: Knowledge In Space: Approaches To the Problemmentioning

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What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: A survey of the literature

Döring¹,

2006

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“…Our application highlights some new stylized facts about the geographic pattern of industry clustering within a single urban area. The relationship between specialization and urbanization shows that places with greater who developed an index of regional specialization based on location quotients; Glaeser (1992) who uses location quotients to test the relationship between regional specialization and the growth of cities, and Henderson et al (1995) who incorporates a Herfindahl based measure of diversity/specialization to test the role of Marshall-Arrow-Romer and Jacobian externalities in the concentration of manufacturing across U.S. cities.…”

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A non-parametric test for industrial specialization

Billings

Johnson

2012

Journal of Urban Economics

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“…17 The estimation results of a SAR Tobit model suggest that all three categories of factors considered in the literature have played a significant role in affecting this spatial pattern even though with different intensities.…”

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The Spatial Patterns of Dairy Farming In Molise

Ievoli

Basile

Belliggiano

2017

European Countryside

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Abstract:The greater market orientation of European dairy production, caused by the end of quota regime, is likely to have consequences on less favoured areas, where breeding of dairy cattle plays both a crucial socio-economic and environmental role. Within this new framework, endogenous factors determining spatial reorganisation of the sector are becoming of increasing relevance. Based on these considerations, this study analyses the impact of the three broader classes of location determinants suggested by economic theory -factor endowment, market potential, and spatial agglomeration externalities -on the spatial pattern of milk production in Molise, a rural region in the south of Italy. Milk production is measured in term of dairy cows per hectare. The truncated distribution of this variable and its high degree of spatial autocorrelation prompted us to apply a Spatial Autoregressive Tobit model. Estimation results reveal that all three categories have a positive effect on the location of milk production, even if the influence of factor endowment (intended as forage area), and market potential (measured in term of proximity of dairy companies) is quite limited. On the contrary, the impact of spatial externalities (related variety) on the regional localisation of milk production is strongly significant. These results cast some doubts on the current measures of intervention and might suggest a new policy framework both at firm and spatial level.Keywords: Dairy farming; spatial patterns; SAR Tobit model; Sustainable breeding systems; Extensive farming in rural areas.Sommario: Il maggior orientamento al mercato della produzione lattiera europea, dovuto alla fine del regime delle quote, rischia di avere forti ripercussioni sulle aree meno favorite, dove l'allevamento da latte svolge un ruolo cruciale da un punto di vista socioeconomico ed ambientale. In questo nuovo quadro, i fattori endogeni che determinano i processi di riorganizzazione territoriale del comparto assumono maggiore rilievo. Partendo da queste considerazioni, il lavoro analizza l'impatto delle tre grandi categorie di fattori postulate dalla teoria economica (la dotazione di fattori specifici, il potenziale di mercato e le economie di agglomerazione) sulla distribuzione spaziale della produzione di latte in Molise, una regione prevalentemente rurale dell'Italia meridionale. La produzione di latte è misurata in termini di vacche per ettaro. Data la natura troncata di questa variabile ed il suo alto grado di autocorrelazione spaziale, il lavoro utilizza un modello SAR Tobit. I risultati ottenuti mostrano che tutte e tre le categorie citate esercitano un'influenza sulla distribuzione spaziale della produzione lattiera, anche se l'importanza della dotazione di fattori specifici (intesi come produzione foraggera) e del mercato potenziale (misurato in termini di vicinanza alle industrie di trasformazione) appare abbastanza limitata. Al contrario le esternalità spaziali, misurate in termini di related variety, sembrano determinare in maniera fortemente signi...

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Industrial Development in Cities

Cited by 1,177 publications

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What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: A survey of the literature

What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: A survey of the literature

A non-parametric test for industrial specialization

The Spatial Patterns of Dairy Farming In Molise

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