Attenuation of agglomeration economies: Evidence from the universe of Chinese manufacturing firms

• Main Authors: JING, Li, LI, Liyao, LIU, Shimeng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Agglomeration economies; Attenuations peed; China; State-owned enterprise(SOE); Asian Studies; Industrial Organization; Regional Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2627; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3626/viewcontent/Attenuation_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper quantifies industry-specific spatial attenuation of agglomeration economies by taking advantage of unique geocoded administrative data on the universe of Chinese manufacturing firms. The estimates of industry-level attenuation speed further allow us to systematically assess the goodness o...