The Regional Industry-size Distribution -An Analysis of all Types of Industries in Germany

This paper studies the frequency of observing a certain number offirms or employees in a region for a given industry. Various predictions for thesefrequencies are deduced from theoretical considerations. Then, the empirical distri-butions of 198 industries in Germany are analysed. It is found that different kindsof industries show quite different distributions...

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Brenner, Thomas
Institutions:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung Evolutionsökonomik
Subject:	Cluster \| number of clusters \| Industrie \| industry

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Extent:	28 p. application/pdf
Series:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik - Abteilung Evolutionsökonomik - Discussion Papers Discussion Paper #0516
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	Industrial management ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; GERMANY
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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