This paper offers a unique empirical approach to detect co-location patterns in the retail sector. We analyse the co-location of retail service establishments in Sweden by using geo-coded data. We pinpoint each establishment in Sweden down to a 250 by 250 metre square. Our analysis captures a...

Entrepreneurial activity is significantly predicted by the presence of other entrepreneurs in the residential neighborhood. One plausible source of such spatial clustering is local peer effects, where individuals’ decisions to become entrepreneurs are influenced by entrepreneurial neighbors....

This paper contains one of the first empirical attempts to investigate the influence of local Entrepreneurial Social Capital on startup propensity. We use a unique database including not only total startups, but data on startups divided in six branches to study the impact of Entrepreneurial...

The main purpose of this Handbook is to provide overviews and assessments of the state-of-the-art regarding research methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from a variety of scholarly traditions and with a...

I analyze the effects of sub-city level density of economic activity on worker productivity. Using a geocoded dataset on employment and wages in the city areas of Sweden, the analysis is based on squares representing “neighborhoods” (0.0625 km2), “districts” (1 km2), and...

W<sc>estlund</sc> H., L<sc>arsson</sc> J. P. and O<sc>lsson</sc> A. R. Start-ups and local entrepreneurial social capital in the municipalities of Sweden, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper contains one of the first empirical attempts to investigate the influence of local entrepreneurial social capital (ESC) on start-up...

Previous studies in regional science show that the size of a city has a scaling effect on many variables such as population, economic growth and number of creative employees. This type of relation can also be observed between the size of the networks that emerge between individuals and the...