scholarly journals Assessing spillovers from universities to firms: evidence from French firm-level data

2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1255-1270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Monjon ◽  
Patrick Waelbroeck
2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 3117-3153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecile Gaubert

To account for the uneven distribution of economic activity in space, I propose a theory of the location choices of heterogeneous firms in a variety of sectors across cities. In equilibrium, the distribution of city sizes and the sorting patterns of firms are uniquely determined and affect aggregate TFP and welfare. I estimate the model using French firm-level data and find that nearly half of the productivity advantage of large cities is due to firm sorting, the rest coming from agglomeration economies. I quantify the general equilibrium effects of place-based policies: policies that subsidize smaller cities have negative aggregate effects. (JEL D22, D24, R11, R32)


World Economy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1115-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Egger ◽  
Katharina Erhardt ◽  
Andrea Lassmann

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