Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31861 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 0523
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
A stochastic model of the evolution of the firm population in a region and industry is developed. This model is used to make predictions about the expected probability distribution of the firm number in regions and their dynamics. Data on the spatial distribution of firms in Germany is used to check the predictions and estimate the parameters of the model. This is done for 196 industries separately.
Subjects: 
geographic concentration
industry dynamics
local clusters
empirical methodology
JEL: 
C12
L60
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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