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Agglomeration Economics

Agglomeration Economics is an academic framework within spatial economics that investigates the productivity gains and cost efficiencies arising from the geographic concentration of industries, firms, and labor in specific regions, differentiating itself through its focus on localized externalities, economies of scale, and network effects driving industrial development.

2K

Publications

149.8K

Citations

3.5K

Authors

1.3K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

698

Variants

Economics Of Agglomeration

Parents

Publications

2K

Globalization and the Inequality of Nations

Paúl Krugman, Anthony J. Venables · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1995 · 2.3K citations

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Geographic Concentration in U.S. Manufacturing Industries: A Dartboard Approach

Glenn Ellison, Edward L. Glaeser · Journal of Political Economy · 1997 · 2.1K citations

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What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

Glenn Ellison, Edward L. Glaeser, William R. Kerr · American Economic Review · 2010 · 1.5K citations

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Equilibrium Locations of Vertically Linked Industries

Anthony J. Venables · International Economic Review · 1996 · 1.4K citations

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The Elusive Concept of Localization Economies: Towards a Knowledge-Based Theory of Spatial Clustering

Anders Malmberg, Peter Maskell · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 2002 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

3.5K

  1. PC
    Pierre‐Philippe Combes

    Centre for Economic Policy Research, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 2.1K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. DJ
    Daniel J. Graham

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    21 publications · 2.2K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. FV
    Frank van Oort

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    18 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

    h-index

  4. GD
    Gilles Duranton

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 3.2K citations

    17

    h-index

  5. AJ
    Anthony J. Venables

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 4.7K citations

    15

    h-index

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Institutions

1.3K

  1. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    33 h-index

    58 publications

    7.8K citations

  2. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    65 publications

    5K citations

  3. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    24 h-index

    60 publications

    10.9K citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    23 h-index

    40 publications

    3K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    22 h-index

    24 publications

    4.3K citations

  6. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    21 h-index

    53 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    65 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    20 h-index

    30 publications

    7K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Economic Geography

    62 publications · 6K citations

    40

    h-index

  2. Regional Studies

    78 publications · 7.9K citations

    40

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  3. Journal of Urban Economics

    55 publications · 5.2K citations

    38

    h-index

  4. Journal of Cleaner Production

    42 publications · 5K citations

    38

    h-index

  5. Journal of Regional Science

    JRS · 66 publications · 5.5K citations

    37

    h-index

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