Agglomeration economies and productivity in Indian industry

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lall, SV; Shalizi, Z; Deichmann, U
• 署名单位: The World Bank
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.04.006
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 643-673
• 关键词: spatial externalities; agglomeration economies; Finn level analysis; INDIA; Manufacturing industry; size and spatial distributions of regional economic activity (economic geography); production analysis and firm location; input demand analysis (spatial); transportation systems

摘要

The primary objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which agglomeration economies contribute to economic productivity. We distinguish three sources of agglomeration economies: (1) at the firm level from improved access to market centers, (2) at the industry level from intra-industry localization economies, and (3) at the regional level from inter-industry urbanization economies. There is considerable variation in the sources and magnitudes of agglomeration economies between industrial sectors-in particular, our results indicate that access to markets through improvements in inter-regional infrastructure is an important determinant of firm level productivity, whereas benefits of locating in dense urban areas do not appear to offset associated costs. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.