CEP Discussion Paper No 894 October 2008 Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection, and Polarisation Kristian Behrens and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud Abstract Empirical studies consistently report that labour productivity and TFP rise with city size. The...

We document geographic concentration patterns of Russian manufacturing using microgeographic data. About 42–52% of 4-digit and 63–75% of 3-digit industries are localized, with a higher share in the European part than in the Asian part. About 70% of 3-digit industry pairs are coagglomerated,...