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| Author: | Soubeyran, A. Thisse, J-F. |
| Title: | Learning-by-doing and the development of industrial districts |
| Journal: | Journal of Urban Economics
1999 : JAN, VOL. 45:1, p. 156-179 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY LOCATION OF INDUSTRY LEARNING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper studies the making of Marshallian districts by assuming that the cost function of a firm is a decreasing function of the total output produced in the past by the firms established by the locale. When new firms set up in a locale, they exacerbate competition on the corresponding labor market, thus leading to a wage rise that reduces the incentives for firms to locate in the most efficient district. The short-run equilibrium distribution of firms is studied as well as the long run properties of the adjustment process. |
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