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The MAUP in the firm’s location and the economies of agglomeration

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  • Pablo-Martí, Federico

    (Universidad de Alcalá)

  • Muñoz-Yebra, Carlos

    (Universidad de Alcalá)

Abstract

The analysis of the impact of agglomeration economies on firm location is one of the main issues on Regional Economics. However, despite of the broad and solid theoretical developments in this area, empirical findings show a worrying lack of robustness. This paper examines one possible cause: The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). To that end, it is estimated the influence of agglomeration economies on the firm location in Spain for five different divisions of the territory. The results indicate that the estimates are very sensitive to the definition of areas of analysis which cannot be neglected to contrast the hypotheses. Finally, it proposes a methodology to reduce the drawbacks of MAUP and exploit his potential benefits.

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  • Pablo-Martí, Federico & Muñoz-Yebra, Carlos, 2009. "The MAUP in the firm’s location and the economies of agglomeration," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 15, pages 139-166.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:0092
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    Keywords

    Firm’s location; agglomeration economies; modifiable areal unit; Spain;
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    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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