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STRUCTURE INDUSTRIELLE, eCONOMIES D’AGGLOMERATION, OUVERTURE ET CROISSANCE ReGIONALE EN TUNISIE

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  • Zouhour KARRAY

    (LEREPS – GRES Universite Toulouse 1)

  • Slim DRISS

    (ESSEC de Tunis)

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The purpose of this paper is to explain the regional growth of industrial employment in Tunisia between 2000 and 2005. Based on the contributions of the new economic geography and the empirical findings dealing with agglomeration economies and dynamic externalities in the wake of Glaeser et al. (1992), an econometric model is estimated which allows to take into account the initial size and industrial structure of regions, as well as the effect of economic openness in Tunisia. The results show on the one hand that a competitive environment of small firms and a diversity of industrial activities are favourable to regional growth. On the other hand, the agglomeration forces and Foreign Direct Investment play an important role in coastal areas, but do not prevent the appearance of convergence between regions.

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  • Zouhour KARRAY & Slim DRISS, 2009. "STRUCTURE INDUSTRIELLE, eCONOMIES D’AGGLOMERATION, OUVERTURE ET CROISSANCE ReGIONALE EN TUNISIE," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 29, pages 141-157.
    • Handle: RePEc:tou:journl:v:29:y:2009:p:141-157
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    Keywords

    CROISSANCE ReGIONALE; STRUCTURE INDUSTRIELLE; EXTERNALITES DYNAMIQUES; eCONOMIES D AGGLOMeRATION; INVESTISSEMENT DIRECT eTRANGER; TUNISIE;
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    JEL classification:

    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • 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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