RT Journal Article
T1 Do neighboring municipalities matter in industrial location decisions? Empirical evidence from Spain
A1 Alañón Pardo, Ángel
A1 Walsh, Patrick J.
A1 Myro Sánchez, Rafael
AB This paper focuses on industrial location, assuming that entrepreneurs not only consider the advantages associated with a certain municipality, but also those coming from nearby areas. Exploratory analysis reflects the existence of spatial patterns in the creation of manufacturing establishments and sheds light on the geographical scope on which agglomeration economies operate in industrial location. Spatial Probit models and standard Probit models with spatially lagged explanatory variables are estimated to test whether neighboring municipalities’ location decisions and characteristics, including agglomeration economies, matter in industrial location choices.Results show that neighboring municipalities location decisions and characteristics help to explain location decisions of new establishments for 11 manufacturing industries in Spanish municipalities (NUTS V) over the period 1991–1995.
PB Springer Verlag
SN 0377-7332
YR 2018
FD 2018-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13199
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13199
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 31 dic 2025