| By: |
Germà Bel (University of Barcelona);
Xavier Fageda (University of Barcelona) |
| Abstract: |
Information exchanges across firms within cities are considered to be one of
the major agglomeration forces in the regional economics literature. In
addition, the quality of transport infrastructures arises as one of the major
determinants in the location decisions of firms across cities and hence on
urban economic growth. However, the significance of information exchanges
between cities and the role of airports as a mean of managing such information
efficiently has received much less attention. We deal with these issues
through the empirical analysis of the determinants of the location of large
firms´ headquarters across major European urban areas, focusing the attention
on the attractiveness of a city for large firms due to the supply of non-stop
intercontinental flights. |
| Keywords: |
Headquarters, Airports, Information. |
| JEL: |
L93 R10 R58 |
| Date: |
2005–11–16 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wpa:wuwpur:0511008&r=tur |