Sökning: "Agglomeration economies"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Agglomeration economies.

  1. 11. Retail success : The impact of space and agglomeration

    Författare :Hanna Kantola; Johan Klaesson; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis provides an economic analysis of the retail sector, focusing on the factors influencing sales and thus the retail performance of regions and shopping centers. The two essays presented in this thesis can be read independently of each other, but both rest on the theoretical framework of agglomeration economies in addition to consumer demand and supply theory. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Essays on High-Quality Entrepreneurship : On the Origins and Survival of Start-ups and the Role of Universities in the Location Decision

    Författare :Apostolos Baltzopoulos; Hans Lööf; Bo Carlsson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; self-employment; agglomeration externalities; innovation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on the topic of entrepreneurship. [Essay I] uses a unique and detailed Swedish dataset to explore firm, regional, and industry determinants that stimulate spin-offs using the choice of the individuals as the level of analysis. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Marshallian sources of growth and interdependent location of Swedish firms and households

    Författare :Robert Sörensson; Lars Westin; Niklas Hanes; Johan Klaesson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and knowledge spillover; MAR; Jacobs and Porter externalities; labor pooling; interdependent location choice; panel data; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three papers that examine Marshallian sources of growthand interdependent location of Swedish firms and households. Paper [I] examines the impact of static and dynamic knowledge externalitiesand their impact on Swedish market operating firms growth pattern between1997 and 2005. LÄS MER

  5. 14. “Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.” Some Economic History of Music Composers and their Creativity

    Författare :Karol Jan Borowiecki; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation provides new insights on creativity and the lives of creative people, by availing of unique data-sets covering the lives, works and emotional states of famous music composers. The underlying research documents the long-run persistence of a society’s preference towards cultural goods and shows that the geography of composer births displays remarkable continuity over a period of seven centuries. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Production econometrics and transport demand modelling in Southern and Northern Sweden

    Författare :Tom Petersen; Lars Lundqvist; Piet Rietveld; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Öresund link; productivity; accessibility; micro data; validation; exposure; Economic geography; Ekonomisk geografi; SRA - Transport; SRA - Transport;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three main parts. The first and most important part, in terms of effort and time spent, is devoted to the estimation of the importance of accessibility for production at the firm or plant level using three different econometric estimation approaches. LÄS MER