Cities and Clusters: Economy-Wide and Sector-Specific Effects in Corporate Location

• Published in: Regional studies Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 113 - 129
• Main Authors: Bottazzi, Giulio, Gragnolati, Ugo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Routledge 02.01.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Choix d'emplacement des entreprises; Choix d'un modèle; Cities; Decision analysis; Economics and Finance; Economías de localización por sectores; Economías de urbanización; Estimación de la probabilidad máxima; Estimation du maximum de vraisemblance; Firm location; Firmenstandort; Humanities and Social Sciences; Italians; Labor economics; Labor Market; Location; Location analysis; Manufacturing; Markets; Maximale Wahrscheinlichkeitsschätzung; Maximum likelihood estimation; Maximum likelihood method; Model selection; Modellauswahl; Regional analysis; Regional studies; Sector-specific localization economies; Sektorspezifische Lokalisierungsökonomien; Selección de modelo; Spatial Analysis; Studies; Ubicación de empresas; Urbanisierungsökonomien; Urbanization; Urbanization economies; Économies d'urbanisation; Économies de localisation spécifiques à chaque secteur; 企业区位; 城市化经济; 最大可能性评估; 模型选择; 特定部门的在地化经济; Italy; Maximum likelihood estimation; Urbanization economies; Model selection; Firm location; Sector-specific localization economies
• ISSN: 0034-3404; 1360-0591
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.739281

Bottazzi G. and Gragnolati U. Cities and clusters: economy-wide and sector-specific effects in corporate location, Regional Studies. Are the observed spatial distributions of firms decided mostly by economy-wide urbanization economies or rather by sector-specific localization economies? This paper finds that the latter kind of forces weight systematically more than the former in deciding firm location. The analysis uses Italian data on a variety of manufacturing and service sectors spatially disaggregated at the level of local labour market areas.