Spatial economics with heterogeneous firms

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21730181
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAJIMA Kentaro Tohoku University, 経済研究所, 准教授 (60507698)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Keywords: 都市経済学

Research Abstract

The purpose of this project is empirically examining spatial feature of economics on heterogeneous firms. By using micro data on the Japanese silk reeling industry in prewar periods, we showed that productivity improvement in specialized clusters could be explained by selection effect that spells out low-productive firms rather agglomeration externalities that improves all of the firms in the cluster.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Clusters, 1908-1915 (2011)
  • Author(s): Yutaka Arimoto, Kentaro Nakajima, Tetsuji Okazaki
  • Journal Title: PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series No.7 Pages: 1-29
  • URL: http://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/ir /index.html
• [Journal Article] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2010)
  • Author(s): Yutaka Arimoto, Kentaro Nakajima, Tetsuji Okazaki
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Series 10-E-003 Pages: 1-28
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Clusters, 1908-1915 (2011)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: International Conference, The Demography of Firms and Industries
  • Place of Presentation: The University Paris Est Creteil, France
  • Year and Date: 2011-01-21
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: ミクロワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-15
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: 56th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International
  • Place of Presentation: The Grand Hyatt San Francisco, U.S.A
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-19
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 関西労働研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 中之島センタービル
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-23
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 経済学セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-20
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: The 2009 Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data Conference (poster session)
  • Place of Presentation: Hitotsubashi University
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-03
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): Kentaro Nakajima
  • Organizer: XVth World Economic History Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Utrecht University, the Netherlands
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-06
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 経済学・ゲーム理論セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-19
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-07
• [Presentation] Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916 (2009)
  • Author(s): 中島賢太郎
  • Organizer: 産業労働ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 一橋大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-02