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Empirical Analysis Of Agglomeration Economies In The Japanese Assembly-Type Manufacturing Industry For 1985–2000: Using Agglomeration And Coagglomeration Indices

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  • Suminori Tokunaga
  • Masahiro Kageyama
  • Yuko Akune
  • Ryohei Nakamura

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type="main"> This empirical study finds that positive but weak agglomeration economies resulted from the agglomeration of Japan's assembly-type manufacturing industry during 1985–2000. Estimation results particularly indicate positive externalities from coagglomeration and very slightly increasing returns to scale. Traditional studies conceive of agglomeration economies as being related to localization and urbanization. We, however, estimate a flexible translog production function using four-digit Standard Industrial Classification industry panel data and Ellison and Glaeser's agglomeration index with the same industry and coagglomeration index with different industry groups. We theoretically obtain appropriate and significant results without the homotheticity restriction.

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  • Suminori Tokunaga & Masahiro Kageyama & Yuko Akune & Ryohei Nakamura, 2014. "Empirical Analysis Of Agglomeration Economies In The Japanese Assembly-Type Manufacturing Industry For 1985–2000: Using Agglomeration And Coagglomeration Indices," Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(1), pages 57-79, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revurb:v:26:y:2014:i:1:p:57-79
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    1. Suminori Tokunaga & Maria Ikegawa, 2019. "Global supply chain, vertical and horizontal agglomerations, and location of final and intermediate goods production sites for Japanese MNFs in East Asia: evidence from the Japanese Electronics and Au," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 3(3), pages 911-953, October.
    2. Timo Mitze & Teemu Makkonen, 2020. "When interaction matters: the contingent effects of spatial knowledge spillovers and internal R&I on firm productivity," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 45(4), pages 1088-1120, August.
    3. M. Simona Andreano & Roberto Benedetti & Andrea Mazzitelli & Federica Piersimoni, 2018. "Spatial autocorrelation and clusters in modelling corporate bankruptcy of manufacturing firms," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 45(4), pages 475-491, December.
    4. Suminori Tokunaga & Yuko Akune & Maria Ikegawa, 2021. "Market access, domestic and Japanese supplier access, vertical agglomerations and overseas locations of Japanese food multinational firms in East Asia: comparison of the 1985–1999 and 2000–2009 period," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 5(3), pages 1023-1051, October.
    5. Suminori Tokunaga & Mitsuru Okiyama, 2022. "Impact of changes in the labor force and innovative agro-based food industry clusters on primary and food–beverage industries, and regional economies in Japan’s depopulating society," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 365-419, February.
    6. Suminori Tokunaga & Mitsuru Okiyama, 2017. "Impacts of industry clusters with innovation on the regional economy in Japanese depopulating society after the Great East Japan Earthquake," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 1(1), pages 99-131, April.

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