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Author(s)
Dauth Wolfgang,
Fuchs Michaela,
Otto Anne
Publication year2018
Publication title
papers in regional science
Resource typeJournals
PublisherElsevier BV
This paper analyses the evolution of geographical concentration in German manufacturing and service sectors over a long time period. Drawing on detailed plant data of 187 industries from 1980 to 2010, we corroborate previous studies and observe substantial concentrations in both sectors. However, we also document a secular trend of deconcentration over three decades, even in knowledge‐intensive industries. By constructing counterfactual distributions, we show that the underlying mechanisms differ across sectors. Dispersion of manufacturing industries is driven by closing or contracting plants within industrial agglomerations, while dispersion of the service sector is fostered by the creation of new plants.
Subject(s)archaeology , business , closing (real estate) , counterfactual thinking , dispersion (optics) , econometrics , economic geography , economic growth , economics , economies of agglomeration , economy , epistemology , finance , geography , german , industrial organization , macroeconomics , manufacturing , manufacturing sector , marketing , optics , philosophy , physics , service (business) , spatial dispersion , tertiary sector of the economy , urban agglomeration
Language(s)English
SCImago Journal Rank0.937
H-Index64
eISSN1435-5957
pISSN1056-8190
DOI10.1111/pirs.12271
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