Agglomeration economies and the location of industries: a comparison of three small European countries

Salvador Barrios (), Luisito Bertinelli, Eric Strobl () and Antonio Carlos Teixeira

No 2003067, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: We investigate and compare the spatial distribution of manufacturing activity and its determinants in Belguim, Ireland, and Portugal using comparable, exhaustive micro-level data sets.We find some similarities between Portugal and Belguim, but little for Ireland. Moreover, there is some evidence that forward and backward linkages as well as dependence on natural advantages can be important determinants of agglomeration.

Keywords: agglomeration; spatial autocorrelation; Belgium; Ireland; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 R12 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-09
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