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Productivity advantage of large cities for creative industries

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  • Chun‐Yu Ho
  • Yue Sheng

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This paper examines the productivity advantage of large cities for creative industries (CIs) in China. Using Chinese firm‐level data for CIs from 2012 to 2014, we find that agglomeration economies, rather than firm selection, determine the difference between the productivity distributions of CIs in large and small cities. There are heterogeneous effects of agglomeration economies, with stronger impacts on productive firms and firms in broadcasting and TV & film. We also find that the productivity advantage of large cities for CIs is stronger when the cities have better communication and transportation infrastructure. Our results imply that the efficacy of place‐based policies for developing CIs depends on local infrastructure. Este artículo examina la ventaja de productividad de las grandes ciudades para las industrias creativas (IC) en China. Utilizando datos chinos a nivel de empresa para las IC entre 2012 y 2014, se encontró que las economías de aglomeración, en lugar de la selección de empresas, determinan la diferencia entre las distribuciones de productividad de las IC en ciudades grandes y pequeñas. Existen efectos heterogéneos de las economías de aglomeración, con impactos más fuertes en las empresas productivas y en las empresas de radiodifusión y de cine y televisión. También se observó que la ventaja de productividad de las grandes ciudades para las IC es mayor cuando las ciudades disponen de mejores infraestructuras de comunicación y transporte. Los resultados implican que la eficacia de las políticas basadas en el lugar para el desarrollo de las IC dependen de la infraestructura local. 本稿では中国の創造産業 (creative industries:CI) の大都市の生産性における優位性を検討する。2012~2014年までの中国の企業レベルのCIデータから、大都市と小都市のCIの生産性分布の差を決定するのは、企業の選択よりもむしろ、集積経済であることがわかった。集積経済は、その効果は不均一であり、生産性の高い企業や、放送、テレビ・映画産業の企業に対してより強い影響を与える。また、大都市に優れた通信と交通のインフラがある場合では、その都市におけるCIの生産性における優位性はより大きくなることがわかった。この結果は、CIを創出するための場所ベースの政策の有効性は、地域のインフラに依存することを示唆している。

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  • Chun‐Yu Ho & Yue Sheng, 2022. "Productivity advantage of large cities for creative industries," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 101(6), pages 1289-1306, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:101:y:2022:i:6:p:1289-1306
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12708
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