The Identification of Agglomeration Economies

Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton and Laurent Gobillon

No 2010-52, Working Papers from Center for Research in Economics and Statistics

Abstract: Measures of urban productivity are typically positivelyassociated with city population. But is this relationship causal? Wediscuss the main sources of bias in the proper identification of agglomerationeffects. We also assess a variety of solutions that have beenproposed in the literature to deal with them.

Pages: 20
Date: 2010
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