Agglomeration, accessibility and industrial location: evidence from spanish municipalities

This paper deals with the location decisions of manufacturing firms in Spain. We analyse how agglomeration economies and transport accessibility influence the location decisions of firms at municipality level and in three industries. The main empirical contributions of this paper are the econometric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Alañón Pardo, Ángel, Arauzo Carod, Josep María
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/49036
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49036
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:R10
R12
R15
R30
Agglomeration
Accessibility
Industrial location
Spatial econometrics
Spain
Economía industrial
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Sumario:This paper deals with the location decisions of manufacturing firms in Spain. We analyse how agglomeration economies and transport accessibility influence the location decisions of firms at municipality level and in three industries. The main empirical contributions of this paper are the econometric techniques used (spatial econometric models) and some of the explanatory variables (local gross domestic product, road accessibility, and the characteristics of firms in neighbouring municipalities). The results show that agglomeration economies and accessibility are important in industrial location decision-making.