Agglomeration economies and the location of industries: a comparison of three small European countries

Bertinelli, Luisito; Strobl, Eric; Barrios, Salvador; Teixeira, Antonio-Carlos

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%T Agglomeration economies and the location of industries: a comparison of three small European countries
%A Bertinelli, Luisito
%A Strobl, Eric
%A Barrios, Salvador
%A Teixeira, Antonio-Carlos
%J Regional Studies
%N 5
%P 721-738
%V 43
%D 2009
%= 2010-09-16T12:00:00Z
%~ http://www.peerproject.eu/
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-134003
%X We investigate and compare the spatial distribution of manufacturing activity and its determinants in Belgium, Ireland, and Portugal using comparable, exhaustive micro-level data sets. We find some similarities between Portugal and Belgium, but little for Ireland. Moreover, there is some evidence that forward and backward linkages, R&D activity, and labour market pooling of skilled labor can be important determinants of agglomeration, although this crucially depends on the country examined.
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%G en
%9 journal article
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