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作者

Carles Méndez-Ortega;Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod

来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN TECHNOLOGY,Vol.26,Issue3,P.111-129

语言

英文

关键字

Software industry,video game industry,microgeographic data,spatial location patterns,Barcelona

作者单位

Department of Economics, Universitat Rovira I Virgili

摘要

This paper analyzes location patterns of software, video game, and editing electronics firms (hereafter SVE) in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona using microgeographic data. These industries are mainly attracted by agglomeration economies look to benefit from skilled labor and spillover effects, and tend to cluster in large metropolitan areas. However, less is known about their detailed location patterns inside these areas. We contribute to the empirical literature by identifying how SVE firms are concentrated in some core areas of the metropolitan area. Our empirical application includes using the Nearest Neighbor Index (NNI) and M-functions, as well as local spatial autocorrelation indicators.