The identification of agglomeration economies

被引：182

作者：

Combes, Pierre-Philippe ^{[1
]}

Duranton, Gilles ^{[2
]}

Gobillon, Laurent ^{[3
,4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Aix Marseille Univ, GREQAM, F-13236 Marseille 02, France

[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Econ, Toronto, ON M5S 3G7, Canada

[3] Inst Natl Etud Demog, F-75980 Paris 20, France

[4] CREST, F-92245 Malakoff, France

[5] PSE, F-75014 Paris, France

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY | 2011年 / 11卷 / 02期

关键词：

agglomeration economies; instrumental variables; structural estimation; natural experiments; R12; R23; CITIES; EXTERNALITIES; PRODUCTIVITY; EDUCATION; DYNAMICS; SEARCH; RETURN; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1093/jeg/lbq038

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Measures of urban productivity are typically positively associated with city population. But is this relationship causal? We discuss the main sources of bias in the proper identification of agglomeration effects. We also assess a variety of solutions that have been proposed in the literature to deal with them.

引用

页码：253 / 266

页数：14

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