Time-Varying Agglomeration Externalities in UK Counties between 1841 and 1971

Frank Neffke

No 818, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: Using dynamic panel data methods on UK counties (1841-1971), we investigate long-term employment dynamics in seven distinct local industries. We study how industries benefit from specialised environments (MAR), diverse local economies (Jacobs’) and large local markets (urbanization), and, in contrast to most other authors, test if the strength of MAR, Jacobs’ and urbanization externalities changes over time. We find declining MAR and rising Jacobs’ externalities since the mid-nineteenth century, questioning the adequacy of a static framework when studying agglomeration externalities

Keywords: agglomeration; dynamic externalities; Jacobs’ externalities; MAR externalities; urbanization externalities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 N93 N94 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2008-12, Revised 2008-12
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