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Modelling the geography of economic activities on a continuous space *
Author(s) -
Arbia Giuseppe
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.2001.tb01211.x
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , incentive , econometric model , econometrics , economics , set (abstract data type) , economic geography , estimation , geography , microeconomics , computer science , operating system , programming language , management
In the present article we propose a spatial micro econometric approach for studying the geographical concentration of economic activities. We analyse the incentives to use this approach rather than the traditional one based on regional aggregates. As an example, we present our prototypical theoretic model – to be seen as a continuous space version of Krugman's concentration model – that includes birth, survival and growth components. We present a numerical estimation of the birth model for a set of data referring to the concentration of the manufacturing industries in the San Marino Republic.