Consumer city or production city? Market areas and density effects in the Netherlands
Using detailed Dutch grid-cell data, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and VU University Amsterdam investigated the elasticity between population and different kinds of amenities in the…
A Population–Employment Interaction Model as Labour Module in TIGRIS XL
This paper looks at the integration of a population–employment interaction model in the TIGRIS XL model framework. TIGRIS XL is an integrated land-use and transport model which is actually a system of…
The rationale of spatial economic top sector policy
Dutch top sector policy is aimed at the economic sectors that are the most important to the international competitive position of the Netherlands, such as the knowledge-intensive and export-oriented…
Deep feelings around a shallow coast. A spatial analysis of tourism jobs and the attractivity of nature in the Dutch Wadden area
The Dutch Wadden area is an internationally renowned natural area with World Heritage status. Its ecological uniqueness can be attributed to its shallow coastal waters. However, the Wadden area is…
Limited attention has been paid to how neighbourhood conditions affect firm relocation choices. Using a panel dataset (1999-2006) of actual firm relocations in the Netherlands, the effect of different…
The resilience of Dutch regions to economic shocks Measuring the relevance of interactions between employers and employees
Although increasing attention is being paid to the resilience of regions to economic shocks, theoretical and empirical insights into the determinants of regional resilience remain limited. This paper…
Multilevel Approaches and Firm-Agglomeration Ambiguity in Economic Growth Studies
Empirical studies in spatial economics have shown that agglomeration economies may be a source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities and regions. Both…
Spatial concentration of industries and new firm exits: does this relationship differ between exits by failure and by M&As?
This study shows that the effect of the spatial concentration of industries on the post-entry hazards of new firms differs between types of exit and industry. New firms located in regions with a…
Footloose: An analysis of the drivers of firm relocations over various distances
This paper examines the differences in the drivers of short- and long-distance relocations of firms. It presents an event history analysis of a panel data set of Dutch firms. The findings indicate…
The European landscape of knowledge-intensive foreign-owned firms and the attractiveness of Dutch regions
The Dutch Government aims to attract more investments by foreign firms, especially by those involved in knowledge-intensive activities. This study addresses the question of how attractive the…
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