Urban agglomerations are playing an increasingly important role in regional economic
development, and economic externalities are the key factors in the formation and …

Studies in developed countries show a positive relationship between urbanization and
productivity; however, this is often not the case for developing countries. This is due to the …

Despite the ongoing debate on the interaction between the informal sector and
agglomeration economies in cities, little is known about whether informal agglomeration …

The article focuses on the differences in the impact of urban agglomeration externalities on
the development dynamics of different spatial zones of the region of Rostov, the tenth largest …

Notwithstanding past trade reforms, trade in Africa and particularly intra-Africa trade, remain
dismal. Africa has even created economic communities, fitted with monetary, fiscal, and …

Purpose This study investigates the optimum size for manufacturing firms and the impact of
subcontracting on firms' likelihood of achieving their optimal scale in Vietnam …

This study analyses the impact of co-location between formal and informal manufacturing
sectors on plant-level productivity. We employ a unique data obtained by merging plant …

This study evaluates the agglomeration of different types of enterprises in Vietnam and the
influence of agglomeration among others by analyzing the concentration distribution of …

Agglomeration boosts economic growth. A vast literature has empirically assessed the
effects of agglomeration by estimating the city population elasticity on wages. This …

The informal sector is a source of livelihood to millions of people around the world, by some
estimates accounting for about a quarter of the GDP (Schneider, Buehn, and Montenegro …