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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Micro Data

Haskel, Jonathan; Sadun, Raffaella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … which increased the costs of opening large stores. This might have caused a slowdown in productivity growth if firms (a … with a lowering of chain TFP by about 0.4% pa, about 40% of the post-1995 slowdown in UK retail TFP growth. The foregone …

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The productivity advantages of large cities: Distinguishing agglomeration from firm selection

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

(larger cities promote interactions that increase productivity) and firm selection (larger cities toughen competition allowing … selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in larger cities left-truncates the productivity … agglomeration and firm selection using French establishment-level data and a new quantile approach. Spatial productivity differences …

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Spatial Concentration and Firm-Level Productivity in France

Martin, Philippe; Mayer, Thierry; Mayneris, Florian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper analyzes empirically the effect of spatial agglomeration of activities on the productivity of firms using … location choice: we find very little difference between the geography that would maximize productivity gains and the geography …

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Rising Trade Costs? Agglomeration and Trade with Endogenous Transaction Costs

Duranton, Gilles; Storper, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

While transport costs have fallen, the empirical evidence also points at rising total trade costs. In a model of industry location with endogenous transaction costs, we show how and under which conditions a decline in transport costs can lead to an increase in the total cost of trade.

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Economies of Scale in European Manufacturing Revisited

Henriksen, Espen; Steen, Frode; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We test for internal and external economies of scale in European manufacturing, employing a more disaggregated data set than has been used in earlier analyses. We aim to separate externalities from common business cycle effects. Fifteen European manufacturing industries in Germany, France, the...

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The growth of cities

Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of answers. Within an integrated framework, this chapter reviews key theories with implications for urban growth. It then...

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Regional Wage and Employment Responses to Market Potential in the EU

Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Recent theoretical work on economic geography emphasizes the interplay of transport costs and plant-level increasing returns. In these models, the spatial distribution of demand is a key determinant of economic outcomes. In one strand, it is argued that higher demand gives rise to a more than...

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Assessing agglomeration economies in a spatial framework with endogenous regressors

Artis, Michael J; Miguélez, Ernest; Moreno, Rosina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

intangible assets can boost productivity as well. Thus, using an interesting dataset which proxies regional productivity, we will … autocorrelation at the same time. Our results suggest that agglomeration has a definite positive influence on productivity, although …

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Employment Concentration Across US Counties

Desmet, Klaus; Fafchamps, Marcel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines the spatial distribution of jobs across US counties and investigates whether sectoral employment is becoming more or less concentrated. The existing literature has found deconcentration (convergence) of employment across urban areas. Cities only cover a small part of the US...

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City Size Distributions as a Consequence of the Growth Process

Duranton, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The size distribution of cities in many countries follows some broadly regular patterns. Any good theory of city size distributions should (i) be able to account for this regularity, but also (ii) rely on a plausible economic mechanism and (iii) be consistent with other fundamental features of...

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