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The Geographic Concentration of Enterprise in Developing Countries

Robert M. Townsend
John Felkner
Publication Type: 
Papers
Publication Article File: 
application/pdf icongeographicconcentration.pdf
Journal Name: 
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Journal Volume: 
126
Journal Number: 
4
Pages: 
2005-2061
Publication Year: 
2011
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A nation's economic geography can have an enormous impact on its development. In Thailand, we show that a high concentration of enterprise in an area predicts high subsequent growth in and around that area. We also find spatially contiguous convergence of enterprise with stagnant areas left behind. Exogenous physiographic conditions are correlated with enterprise location and growth. We fit a structural, micro-founded model of occupation transitions with fine-tuned geographic capabilities to village data and replicate these salient facts. Key elements of the model include costs, credit constraints on occupation choice, and spatially varying expansion of financial service providers.

JEL Codes: 
J24, O12, R11, R12
Region: 
East Asia and the Pacific
Country: 
Thailand
Topic: 
Economic Modeling
Topic: 
Geography
Topic: 
Enterprise
Topic: 
Occupational Choice
Topic: 
Credit
Topic: 
Growth

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