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Economic growth of agglomerations and geographic concentration of industries - evidence for West Germany
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Abstract During the two decades from 1980 to 2000 there has been no clear overall trend of economic convergence or divergence among West German regions. But a number of already rich regions - generally large agglomerations - have succeeded in further distancing themselves from the rest. At the same time, we ... view more
During the two decades from 1980 to 2000 there has been no clear overall trend of economic convergence or divergence among West German regions. But a number of already rich regions - generally large agglomerations - have succeeded in further distancing themselves from the rest. At the same time, we identify knowledge-intensive services as industries whose geographical concentration was initially high and continued to increase. Logistic and nonparametric regression estimates show that the higher a region’s share of employment in these service sectors the greater the probability that a region is classified as being rich and getting even richer.... view less
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Economic Sectors
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
industry-specific local linkages; knowledge-intensive industries; logistical regressions; non-parametric regressions; regional convergence
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 413-421
Journal
Regional Studies, 42 (2008) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701291518
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)