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Point de vue: Recherches sur les phénomènes d'agglomération dans une ère de désagrégation.
Author(s) -
Strange William C.
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1540-5982.2008.01497.x
Subject(s) - economies of agglomeration , economic geography , unit (ring theory) , economics , regional science , industrial organization , geography , microeconomics , mathematics education , mathematics
This paper selectively reviews recent research on the economics of agglomeration. Theory offers a long list of forces that might explain the spatial concentration of economic activity. The increased availability of disaggregated data – by firm, by worker, and by geographical unit – presents opportunities to substantially advance the understanding of urban growth and industrial clustering. At present, however, there remains great uncertainty about the forces that produce agglomeration. This suggests that public policy towards cities ought to be characterized by caution.