Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series Database (1984 - 2010)

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 11/2007

Geographical Agglomeration in Australian Manufacturing

by

Anne Leahy, Alfons Palangkaraya and Jongsay Yong

Date: March 2007

Abstract: This paper investigates the geographic agglomeration of establishments in the Australian manufacturing industries during the period of 1994{1997. We nd that although the agglomeration of Australian manufacturing has doubled during the period, it is still not as agglomerated as those in other developed economies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Ireland. We also nd that industries which receive higher assistance tend to be more agglomerated. However, there is no statistically signicant evidence that the extent of the reduction in assistance due to trade liberalisation between 1994 and 1997 was associated with a further decrease in agglomeration. In terms of establishment dynamics, we nd a signicant increase in agglomeration but no evidence that establishment entry-exit patterns are correlated with agglomeration.

 

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