Jacobs Externalities is an economic theory that explains urban agglomeration economies through the spillover benefits generated by interactions among diverse industries and cross-sectoral knowledge exchange within cities, distinguishing it from other agglomeration theories by emphasizing heterogeneity and innovation-driven growth over industrial specialization or scale.
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Jacobs' Externalities
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Industrial Development in Cities
Vernon Henderson, Ari Kuncoro, Matt Turner · Journal of Political Economy · 1995 · 1.6K citations
Externalities and Industrial Development
Vernon Henderson · Journal of Urban Economics · 1997 · 459 citations
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Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
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8 publications
5.3K citations
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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7 publications
370 citations
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Bonn, Germany
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4 publications
193 citations
Tinbergen Institute
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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3 publications
224 citations
Employment Agency
Sofia, Bulgaria
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2 publications
94 citations
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung
Nuremberg, Germany
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2 publications
94 citations
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
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3 publications
804 citations
Politecnico di Torino
Turin, Italy
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1 publications
49 citations
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- Regional Studies
5 publications · 2.8K citations
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- SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 4 publications · 191 citations
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- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Repository · 2 publications · 85 citations
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- TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Repository · 1 publications · 23 citations
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- Journal of Evolutionary Economics
JEE · 1 publications · 274 citations
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