Agglomeration costs limit sustainable innovation in cities in developing economies.

Theory and evidence from developed economies suggests that innovation activities benefit from agglomeration economies associated with urban economic density. However, despite the fact that eighteen of the world's top twenty cities are in developing countries, we do not know whether agglomeratio...

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Main Authors: Saul Estrin, Yuan Hu, Daniel Shapiro, Peng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308742