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The Geography of Development within Countries

Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J Vernon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural-urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural-urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an economy...

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The Catch-22 of External Validity in the Context of Constraints to Firm Growth

Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean S. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We document the presence of multiple and varied constraints to small and medium firm growth. This presents both a practical problem for business training programs and a challenge to academic economists trying to identify mechanisms though which these programs may affect outcomes. External...

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How and Why Does Knowledge Spill Over? The Case of Biotechnology

Audretsch, David B; Stephan, Paula E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

starting a new biotechnology firm. We conclude that the spillover of knowledge from the source creating it, such as a …

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FDI Spillovers in the Chinese Manufacturing Sector: Evidence of firm heterogeneity

Abraham, Filip; Konings, Jozef; Slootmaekers, Veerle - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

benefit from horizontal spillovers from foreign firms on average. However, these spillovers depend on the structure and origin … of ownership as well as on specific characteristics of the special economic zones. First, spillovers are less likely to … occur from fully foreign owned firms than from joint-ventures. Second, spillovers from foreign direct investment originating …

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Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity

Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

essential to innovative activity. Such knowledge spillovers tend to be spatially restricted. Thus, an irony of globalization is …

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Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition

Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

a narrow concentrated set of economic activities is more conducive to knowledge spillovers or if diversity, by bringing …

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Car Ownership and the Labour Market of Ethnic Minorities

Gautier, Pieter A; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We show how small initial wealth differences between low skilled black and white workers can generate large differences in their labour-market outcomes. This even occurs in the absence of a taste for discrimination against blacks or exogenous differences in the distance to jobs. Because of the...

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Agglomeration, City Size and Crime

Gaigné, Carl; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper analyzes the relationship between crime and agglomeration where the land, labor, product, and crime markets are endogenously determined. We show that in bigger cities there is relatively more crime, a standard stylized fact of most cities in the world. We also show that, in the short...

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Competitors, Complementors, Parents and Places: Explaining Regional Agglomeration in the U.S. Auto Industry

Cabral, Luís M B; Wang, Zhu; Xu, Yi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

-effects. Our findings suggest that inter-industry spillovers, particularly the development of the carriage and wagon industry, play …. Finally, location fixed-effects account for some agglomeration, though to a lesser extent than inter-industry spillovers and …

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People, Places and Public Policy: Some Simple Welfare Economics of Local Economic Development Programs

Kline, Patrick; Moretti, Enrico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Most countries exhibit large and persistent geographical differences in wages, income and unemployment rates. A growing class of ``place based'' policies attempt to address these differences through public investments and subsidies that target disadvantaged neighborhoods, cities or regions....

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