1. IS PRODUCTIVITY HIGHER IN BRITISH CITIES?
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Harris, Richard and Moffat, John
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INDUSTRIAL productivity ,CITIES & towns ,FACTORIES ,EXTERNALITIES - Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) using a GB plant-level data set. The main findings relate to whether spatial spillovers and 'place' effects are important: plants located in cities generally perform better than plants in the same region outside of these cities; but with the exception of Bristol, no city has significantly higher TFP levels than the South East. This suggests that spatial externalities associated with city location are not as important as the benefits of being situated in the South East region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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