Agglomeration Economies in New Growth Sectors of Japanese Manufacturing Industry

Otsuka Akihiro

doi:10.15057/21888

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成長期待産業の生産活動における産業集積の役割―新事業創出寄与事業を中心に―
セイチョウキタイサンギョウノセイサンカツドウニオケルサンギョウシュウセキノヤクワリシンジギョウソウシュツキヨジギョウオチュウシンニ

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This paper examines the effects of industrial agglomeration on productivity growth in new growth sectors. Our analysis employing 4-digit data of Japanese manufacturing industries shows that 1) ceramic, stone and clay products, general machinery, precision instruments and machinery, enjoy the advantage generated by the close location to the other industries, 2) new manufacturing technology sectors, such as industrial robots, tend to receive agglomeration effects, although information technology sectors do not, 3) most new growth sectors gain profit from economies of scale at a very local level. These findings reveal that the new growth sectors benefit from agglomeration effects and face market competition.

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経済研究

経済研究 57 (3), 224-235, 2006-07-25

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