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Is Productivity Higher in British Cities?
Journal of Regional Science, Volume: 52, Issue: 5, Pages: 762 - 786
Swansea University Author: John Moffat
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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2012.00778.x
Abstract
This paper examines the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) using a GB plant-level data set. The main findings relate to whether spatial spillovers and “place” effects are important: plants located in cities generally perform better than plants in the same region outside of these cities;...
| Published in: | Journal of Regional Science |
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| Published: |
2012
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9787.2012.00778.x/abstract |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11948 |
| Abstract: |
This paper examines the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) using a GB plant-level data set. The main findings relate to whether spatial spillovers and “place” effects are important: plants located in cities generally perform better than plants in the same region outside of these cities; but with the exception of Bristol, no city has significantly higher TFP levels than the South East. This suggests that spatial externalities associated with city location are not as important as the benefits of being situated in the South East region. |
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| Keywords: |
productivity; cities; agglomeration |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
5 |
| Start Page: |
762 |
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786 |