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Nursery Cities: Urban diversity, process innovation, and the life-cycle of products Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Gilles Duranton
Diego Puga
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This paper develops microfoundations for the role that diversified cities play in fostering innovation. A simple model of process innovation is proposed, where firms learn about their ideal production process by making prototypes. We build around this a dynamic general-equilibrium model, and derive conditions under which diversified and specialised cities coexist. New products are developed in diversified cities, trying processes borrowed from different activities. On finding their ideal process, firms switch to mass production and relocate to specialised cities where production costs are lower. We find strong evidence of this pattern in establishment relocations across French employment areas 1993-1996.
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Keywords: nursery cities ; diversity ; specialisation ; innovation ; learning ; life-cycle ; Other versions of this item:
Article Paper Duranton, Gilles & Puga, Diego, 2000.
"Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life-Cycle of Products ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
2376, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
[Downloadable!] (restricted) Gilles Duranton & Diego Puga, 2000.
"Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation and the Life-Cycle of Products ,"
CEP Discussion Papers
dp0445, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
[Downloadable!] Find related papers by JEL classification: R30 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Production Analysis and Firm Location - - - General O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information
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