Agglomeration economics / edited by Edward L. Glaeser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glaeser, Edward L. (Edward Ludwig), 1967-

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial clusters--Congresses.

Industrial clusters.

Industrial location--Congresses.

Industrial location.

Business networks--Congresses.

Business networks.

Regional economics--Congresses.

Regional economics.

Space in economics--Congresses.

Space in economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the costs of exchanging goods and ideas. One might assume that these benefits would become less important as transportation and communication costs fall. Paradoxically, however, cities have become increasingly important, and even within cities industrial clusters remain vital. Agglomeration Economics brings together a group of essays that examine the reasons why economic activity continues to cluster together despite the falling costs of moving goods and transmitting information. The studies cover a wide range of topics and approach the economics of agglomeration from different angles. Together they advance our understanding of agglomeration and its implications for a globalized world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Estimating Agglomeration Economies with History, Geology, and Worker Effects

2. Dispersion in House Price and Income Growth across Markets: Facts and Theories

3. Cities as Six- by- Six- Mile Squares: Zipf 's Law?

4. Labor Pooling as a Source of Agglomeration: An Empirical Investigation

5. Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Coagglomeration of Service Industries

6. Who Benefits Whom in the Neighborhood? Demographics and Retail Product Geography

7. Understanding Agglomerations in Health Care

8. The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors

9. Small Establishments/ Big Effects: Agglomeration, Industrial Organization, and Entrepreneurship

10. Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?

11. New Evidence on Trends in the Cost of Urban Agglomeration

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes proceedings of the National Bureau of Economic Research conference, held in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612538414

9781282538412

1282538411

9780226297927

0226297926

OCLC:

615633487