A New Perspective on Agglomeration Economies in Japan An Application of Productivity Analysis /

• Main Author: Otsuka, Akihiro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 20
• Subjects: Industrial organization.; Asia > Economic conditions.; Economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Industrial Organization.; Political Economy/Economic Policy.; Asian Economics.; Economic Systems.

This book describes various methods of analysis for ascertaining the effects of agglomeration economies, which are important for formulating regional economic policies. Specifically, it describes new analytical approaches using productivity and productive efficiency analyses as methods for understan...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction and Summary
• 2. Empirical Knowledge of Agglomeration Economies
• 3. A Traditional Approach to Agglomeration Economies
• 4. A New Approach to Agglomeration Economies
• 5. Dynamic Externalities: Theory and Empirical Analysis
• 6. A New Approach to Dynamic Externalities (I)
• 7. A New Approach to Dynamic Externalities (II)
• 8. Market Access, Agglomeration Economies, and Productive Efficiency (I)
• 9. Market Access, Agglomeration Economies, and Productive Efficiency (II)
• 10. Market Access, Agglomeration Economies, and New Firm Formation.