Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Dedication; 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 Classification3.3 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 Introduction5.2 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 DynamicsAppendix B: Data on Innovation Intensity; Bibliography; Index
Summary
"Knowledge externalities - i.e. intellectual gains made by exchange of information for which no direct compensation is given to the producer of the knowledge - result in higher economic growth rates across urban areas, as well as higher degrees of innovation intensity in those locations where economic activity is dense. By combining theories and methodologies on localised growth and innovation density from the fields of geography and economics, he puts forward an innovative spatial econometric model which contributes to a clearer understanding of actual processes of growth and innovation and their linkages to industry and spatially determined agglomeration factors. In doing so, the book acknowledges the increasing importance of geographical composition and distance for the transmission of knowledge and skills in a society in which information becomes easier to access."--Provided by publisher
