Urban growth and innovation : spatially bounded externalities in the Netherlands /

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Author / Creator:Oort, Frank G. van, 1970-
Imprint:Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004.
Description:x, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Ashgate economic geography series
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Format: Dissertations Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5146236
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ISBN:0754638677 (alk. paper)
Notes:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, 2002, under the title: Agglomeration, economic growth and innovation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-269) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The Need for Accurate Urban Modeling
  • 1.2. Research Questions
  • 1.3. Outline of the Study
  • 2. Agglomeration in Economic and Geographical Theories
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The Common Factors
  • 2.3. New Trade and Growth Theories on Agglomeration Economies
  • 2.4. Proximity and Spatial Networks in Innovation Diffusion
  • 2.5. Agglomeration Economies in the New Industrial Geography
  • 2.6. Summary and Synthesis
  • 3. Heterogeneity in Localized Economic Growth
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Heterogeneity in Industry Classification
  • 3.3. Modeling Spatial Structure and Heterogeneity
  • 3.4. Identifying Spatial Heterogeneity in Regimes
  • 3.5. Firm Life-Cycle Heterogeneity
  • 3.6. Summary and Synthesis
  • 4. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. South-Holland Firm and Employment Density and Function
  • 4.3. South-Holland Firm and Employment Growth
  • 4.4. New Firm Formation and Exit in South-Holland
  • 4.5. Employment Density, Function and Growth in the Netherlands
  • 4.6. Innovation Intensity in the Netherlands
  • 4.7. Synthesis and Conclusions
  • 5. Location-Industry Employment Dynamics
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Construction of Variables
  • 5.3. OLS Analysis for the Netherlands
  • 5.4. OLS Analysis for South-Holland
  • 5.5. Spatial Econometric Models for South-Holland
  • 5.6. Synthesis and Conclusions
  • 6. Sectoral Employment Dynamics
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Sectoral Models for South-Holland
  • 6.3. Sectoral Models for the Netherlands
  • 6.4. Synthesis and Conclusions
  • 7. Innovation Intensity
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Descriptive Analysis
  • 7.3. Spatial Econometric Models
  • 7.4. Synthesis and Conclusions
  • 8. Summary and Conclusions
  • 8.1. Research Questions
  • 8.2. Research Results
  • 8.3. Research Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Data on Employment Dynamics
  • Appendix B. Data on Innovation Intensity
  • Bibliography
  • Index