Manufacturing growth and agglomeration effects

This paper investigates the effect of location-specific competition and diversity on manufacturing growth. We find strong and robust evidence of agglomeration effects: competition is good for growth but diversity is not. However, none that the effects are due to productivity or wages. First, agglome...

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Main Author: Fafchamps, M
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2004