This paper considers the attenuation of agglomeration economies. Put another way: how
close is close? The paper presents evidence of agglomeration effects operating at various …

This paper considers the empirical literature on the nature and sources of urban increasing
returns, also known as agglomeration economies. An important aspect of these externalities …

We propose an integrated framework to discuss the empirical literature on the local
determinants of agglomeration effects. We start by presenting the theoretical mechanisms …

The study of spatial phenomena is labeled by many terms. Three of them are regional
science, regional economies, and urban economics. The progression tends to be from …

This paper expands the literature on agglomeration economies in three ways. It
disentangles amenity and productivity effects of agglomeration; it decomposes aggregate …

This paper presents an economic geography model to show the spatial effects of economic
integration. While other authors mainly focused on the explanation of cumulative causation …

This special issue contains papers by both economists and geographers on agglomeration
and growth. In this introduction, we first provide a brief sketch of recent developments in the …

This paper studies the theoretical properties of existing economic geography models with
agglomeration and dispersion forces in a many-region setup, rather than their original two …

This paper studies the sources of agglomeration economies in cities. We begin by
introducing a simple dynamic spatial equilibrium model that incorporates spillovers within …

Empirical studies in spatial economics have shown that agglomeration economies may be a
source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities …