全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Path Dependence, Institutions and the Density of Economic Activities: Evidence from Italian Cities

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来源类型	FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series
规范类型	论文
	Path Dependence, Institutions and the Density of Economic Activities: Evidence from Italian Cities
	Marco Percoco
发表日期	2010
出处	Economy and Society
出版年	2010
语种	英语
摘要	In recent years a growing body of literature has begun to consider the possible presence of path dependence in the development processes of countries. This phenomenon has always been recognized in regional and urban studies because the path of development almost naturally follows a history-dependent spatial diffusion influenced by both physical geography and the quality of institutions. In this paper, I consider the case of firm concentration in Italy and its impact on local development. A large and growing literature has argued in favour of persisting effects of past institutions on current outcomes. Hence, in order to identify the impact of firm density on income, I use instruments from the history of a set of Italian cities: namely the presence of a university and status as a free-city state in the Early Middle Ages. I first show that those two variables had an important effect on the process of urban development between 1300 and 1861, together with favourable geographic conditions. Then, when I use these instruments to predict firm density, I find that the elasticity of income to firm density is close to 0.1. This result is interpreted as providing evidence of the historical roots of agglomeration economies in Italy.
特色分类	O18;R12
关键词	Path dependence Urban development Geography Institutions Firm density
URL	https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/path-dependence-institutions-and-the-density-of-economic-activities-evidence-from-italian-cities/
来源智库	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/117886
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Marco Percoco. Path Dependence, Institutions and the Density of Economic Activities: Evidence from Italian Cities. 2010.

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