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Agglomeration Economies and Productivity in Indian Industry

"New" economic geography theory, and the development of innovative methods of analysis have renewed interest in the location, and spatial concentration of economic activities. The authors examine the extent to which agglomeration economie...

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Main Authors:	Lall, Somik, Shalizi, Zmarak, Deichmann, Uwe
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AVERAGE PRODUCTION COSTS BASIC METALS BENEFITS IN KIND CAPITAL GOODS CATCHMENT AREA CITIES CITY SIZE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CROWDING OUT DEMAND ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FUTURE RESEARCH GINI COEFFICIENT HIGH LEVELS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INPUT PRICES INTERMEDIATE GOODS LABOR COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL PRODUCT MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEW ENTRANTS PER CAPITA INCOME PERFECT COMPETITION POPULATION DENSITY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INCREASES PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PUBLIC GOOD PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGE RATES RETURNS TO SCALE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE FLOWS TRANSPORT URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED WAGE RATES WAGES WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1570690/agglomeration-economies-productivity-indian-industry http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19562