This study examines the case for cluster policy. This case is theoretically ambiguous and empirically very weak.Clusters, cluster policy, localisation economies, local economic development

Gilles Duranton

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Research Papers in Economics

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A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures,

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Agglomeration and Hours Worked,

Agglomeration Economies and Productivity Dierences in US Cities,

Agglomeration, Regional Grants and Firm Location,

An Economic Theory of Regional Clusters,

Are Chinese Cities Too Small?

Bidding for Industrial Plants: Does Winning a ‘Million Dollar Plant’ Increase Welfare? mimeographed,

Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait From Space,

Communication Externalities in Cities,

Decentralized Employment and the Transformation of the American City, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Aairs,

Deconstructing Clusters: Chaotic Concept or Policy Panacea,

Did Highways Cause Suburbanization?

Diversity and Specialisation in Cities: Why, Where and When Does it Matter?

Does the Size and Shape of Geographical Units Jeopardize Economic Geography Estimations?

Entry and Asymmetric Lobbying: Why Governments Pick Losers,

Estimating Agglomeration Economies with History, Geology, and Worker Eects,

European Regional Policy in Light of Recent Location Theories,

Evidence on the Nature and Sources of Agglomeration Economies,

Exploring Detailed Patterns of UK Manufacturing Location Using Microgeographic Data,

Final Report of the Expert Group on Enterprise Clusters and Networks,

Firm Migration in the Netherlands, mimeographed,

Geographic Concentration as a Dynamic Process, Working Paper 6270,

Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations,

Industrial Districts and Inter-ﬁrm Cooperation in

Industrial Organization and New Findings on the Turnover and Mobility of Firms,

Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition,

Innovative Clusters: Drivers of National Innovation Systems,

Internal Migrations in Developed Countries,

Intra-Industry Specialization and Urban Development,

Localisation of Industry and Vertical Disintegration,

Localization Economies in SMAs: A Production Function Analysis,

Location, Competition, and Economic Development: Local Clusters in a Global Economy,

Locations, Clusters, and Company Strategy,

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Micro-Foundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies,

Moving to Nice Weather.

Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life Cycle of Products,

Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from Inventor- and Examiner-Added Citations,

Principled Agents? The Political Economy of Good Government,

Public Policies, Regional Inequalities and Growth,

Public Support to Clusters: A Firm Level Study of French ‘Local Productive Systems’,

Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, Cambridge (ma),

Regional Policy in the Global Economy: Insights From the New Economic Geography,

Reinventing Boston: 1630-2003,

Selling Silicon Valley: Frederick Terman’s Model for Regional Advantage,

Spatial Wage Disparities: Sorting Matters!

Sprawl and Urban Growth,

Sticky Places in Slippery Space:

Territorial Competition: Some Lessons for Policy,

Testing for Localization using Micro-Geographic Data,

The Cluster Initiative Greenbook, Gotheburg, Competitiveness Institute (TCI)/Vinnova.

The Competitive Advantage of Nations,

The Determinants of Agglomeration,

The Economic Performance of Regions,

the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2000), Planning for Clusters: A Research Report,

The Learning Region: Institutions, Innovation and Regional Renewal,

The Productivity of Cities.

The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy,

The Rise of the Creative Class. And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure and Everyday Life,

The Sizes and Types of Cities,

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The Welfare Economics of Land Use Planning,

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Urban Evolutions: The Fast, the Slow,

Urban Growth and Housing Supply,

Urban Public Finance.

What’s in a city? Understanding the Micro-Level Employer Dynamics Underlying Urban Growth, Working Paper 386, US Bureau of Labour Statistics.

Zoning and Land Use Regulations,

California Dreamin': The Feeble Case for Cluster Policies

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California Dreamin': The Feeble Case for Cluster Policies

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