Article(electronic)2009

Agglomeration economies and the location of industries: a comparison of three small European countries

In: Regional Studies, Volume 43, Issue 5, p. 721-738

Bertinelli, Luisito; Strobl, Eric; Barrios, Salvador; Teixeira, Antonio-Carlos

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Abstract

We investigate and compare the spatial distribution of manufacturing activity and its determinants in Belgium, Ireland, and Portugal using comparable, exhaustive micro-level data sets. We find some similarities between Portugal and Belgium, but little for Ireland. Moreover, there is some evidence that forward and backward linkages, R&D activity, and labour market pooling of skilled labor can be important determinants of agglomeration, although this crucially depends on the country examined.

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