A new perspective on agglomeration economies in Japan : an application of productivity analysis
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A new perspective on agglomeration economies in Japan : an application of productivity analysis
(New frontiers in regional science : Asian perspectives, 20)
Springer, c2017
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book describes various methods of analysis for ascertaining the effects of agglomeration economies, which are important for formulating regional economic policies. Specifically, it describes new analytical approaches using productivity and productive efficiency analyses as methods for understanding agglomeration economies. Additionally, the book provides application results for Japanese regions and proposes desirable regional policies. According to the new analytical methods advocated in this book, agglomeration economies are larger in major metropolitan areas than in local regions, and in the manufacturing sector than in the non-manufacturing sector. These results are consistent with general knowledge. Moreover, the majority of productivity growth pertaining to regional economies is explainable by improvements to accessibility. Improving accessibility for regions reduces transportation costs between them and strengthens agglomeration economies, which, in turn, enable the sustainable development of regional economies. Therefore, this book highlights the need not only to reinforce existing agglomeration areas, but also to form a network between these agglomerations and to strengthen it, so as to realize regional economic growth despite a decreasing population.
Table of Contents
Preface.- 1. Introduction and Summary.- 2. Empirical Knowledge of Agglomeration Economies.- 3. A Traditional Approach to Agglomeration Economies.- 4. A New Approach to Agglomeration Economies.- 5. Dynamic Externalities: Theory and Empirical Analysis.- 6. A New Approach to Dynamic Externalities (I).- 7. A New Approach to Dynamic Externalities (II).- 8. Market Access, Agglomeration Economies, and Productive Efficiency (I).- 9. Market Access, Agglomeration Economies, and Productive Efficiency (II).- 10. Market Access, Agglomeration Economies, and New Firm Formation.
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