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Agglomeration and clusters: Tools and insights from coagglomeration patterns
Author(s) -
Behrens Kristian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
canadian journal of economics/revue canadienne d'économique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1540-5982
pISSN - 0008-4085
DOI - 10.1111/caje.12235
Subject(s) - economies of agglomeration , economic geography , data science , order (exchange) , geography , regional science , computer science , economics , economic growth , finance
Geographic clusters have received first‐order policy attention despite our limited academic knowledge about them. I explain how coagglomeration patterns of industries can inform the analysis of clusters by allowing us to better delineate them; to explore the causal mechanisms underlying them; and to more finely assess their impact on various economic outcomes.