01584nam a22002537u 4500001001000000003000400010005001700014008004100031040000800072041000800080100002100088245007000109260008600179490004800265520080600313650001701119650002801136650001101164650002001175651001901195651002001214830006101234856003501295pwiiw3900OSt20260518120109.0151114t2015    au ||||| |||| 00| ||eng d  cOSt  aeng1 aRömisch, Roman10aEstimating agglomeration in the EU and the Western Balkan regions  aWien :bWiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw),c2015.1 awiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papersv117  aAbstract

The paper develops a model to consistently estimate agglomeration and agglomeration economies in  European  NUTS3 regions. It is based on the empirical observation that the size of population across regions as well as of other economic variables tend to follow a Zipf distribution. Furthermore, the model is extended to capture agglomeration effects in traditional regional convergence estimations. Agglomeration is analysed for 25 European countries, including Macedonia and Serbia, and the years 2000 to 2012. Results indicate significant agglomeration effects on the level and growth of regional economic development, with agglomeration and agglomeration economies generally declining in the Western European countries and increasing the Central East and South East European countries.
  aZipf’s Law  aagglomeration economies  aEurope  aWestern Balkans  aEuropean Union  aWestern Balkans 0v117wWIIW0000140twiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers40uhttps://wiiw.ac.at/p-3900.html