Wholesale Agglomeration in Cities

Wholesale Markets in African Cities

Knowledge Externalities , Agglomeration Economies , and Employment Growth in Dutch Cities

This paper extends the work of Glaeser et al. (1992) by looking at effects of agglomeration economies on employment growth in Dutch city-industries and in very small (postal) zip code-industries in the Dutch province of South-Holland. At both levels of geographic detail, findings are broadly consistent with results from the earlier study in that employment growth is enhanced by industrial diver...

Urban Metabolism of Three Cities in Jing-Jin-Ji Urban Agglomeration, China: Using the MuSIASEM Approach

Urban problems—such as resources depletion, environment pollution and waste generation—usually occur during rapid urbanisation processes, especially in mega-urban agglomerations. Finding solutions to sustainable urban development is a global research interest, and urban metabolism is an effective approach to analysing the socio-economic system and ecosystem. In this study, three cities in the J...

Asymmetry In Wholesale ·

This study presents a new explanation ofasymmetric price behavior infood markets based on the presence of transactions costs, and provides evidence from a developing country. Price liberalization can in many cases be insufficient for efficient operation ofAfrican food markets. This is mainly due to the existence of significant transactions costs, caused by deficient infrastructure and informati...

CEP Discussion Paper No 648 September 2004 Cities , Matching and the Productivity Gains of Agglomeration

The striking geographical concentration of economic activities suggests that there are substantial benefits to agglomeration. However, the nature of those benefits remains unclear. In this paper we take advantage of a new dataset to quantify the role of one of the main contenders the matching of workers and jobs. Using individual level data for two large US states we show that thicker urban lab...