01680nam a22002897u 4500 pwiiw3900 OSt 20260516120107.0 151114t2015 au ||||| |||| 00| ||eng d OSt eng Römisch, Roman Estimating agglomeration in the EU and the Western Balkan regions Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2015. wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers 117 Abstract 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. Zipf’s Law agglomeration economies Europe Western Balkans European Union Western Balkans Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy 117 WIIW0000140 wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers https://wiiw.ac.at/p-3900.html P z 8770 8770 0 0 0 0 BIB BIB 1 2015-11-14 pwiiw3900 0 117 1000010003900 2015-11-14 00:00:00 2019-02-05 P