The Geographical Distribution of Production Activity in the UK

Michael P. Devereux (), Rachel Griffith () and Helen Simpson

No 3627, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We investigate the geographic concentration and agglomeration of production activity in the UK at the four-digit industry level using a variety of measures. We relate these to comparable patterns in the US and France and find several similarities. We find that conditioning on industrial concentration, the most geographically concentrated industries appear to be relatively low-tech. We find evidence that plant survival rates are higher and both entry and exit rates lower in more agglomerated industries, but that in some of the most agglomerated industries entry acts to re-enforce agglomeration.

Keywords: agglomeration; geographic concentration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R12 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent and nep-geo
Date: 2002-11
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Working Paper: The geographic distribution of production activity in the UK (1999)
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