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040			_cOSt
041			_aeng
100	1		_aRömisch, Roman
245	1	0	_aEstimating agglomeration in the EU and the Western Balkan regions
260			_aWien : _bWiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), _c2015.
490	1		_awiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers _v117
520			_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.
650			_aZipf’s Law
650			_aagglomeration economies
650			_aEurope
650			_aWestern Balkans
651			_aEuropean Union
651			_aWestern Balkans
690			_aMacroeconomic Analysis and Policy
830		0	_v117 _wWIIW0000140 _twiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers
856	4	0	_uhttps://wiiw.ac.at/p-3900.html
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