Yutaka, ARIMOTO; Kentaro, NAKAJIMA; Tetsuji, OKAZAKI - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) - 2010
Plants in clusters are often more productive than those located in non-clusters. This has been explained by agglomeration effects that improve productivity of all plants in a region. However, recent theoretical development of trade and spatial economic theories with heterogeneous firms has shed...