Sectoral Productivity, Density and Agglomeration in the Wider Europe

Neil Foster-McGregor and Robert Stehrer

No 47, wiiw Working Papers from The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw

Abstract: In this paper we extend the agglomeration model of Ciccone (2002) to the level of industry. We then test this model using panel data for six sectors on regional level data for 27 EU member states. Our results for the aggregate economy confirm the estimates of Ciccone (2002). For our full sample of countries the sectoral level results also indicate significant agglomeration effects, with the exception of agriculture. Considering differences in the extent of agglomeration effects between new and old EU member states, however, leads to the conclusion that agglomeration effects tend to be stronger at both the aggregate and the sectoral level for new member states.

Keywords: agglomeration; employment density; productivity; European regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages including 7 Tables
Date: 2008-09
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