External network economies in the city system of the Colombian coffee growing axis (Efe Cafetero), 1996-2014
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Traditionally, economic geography has associated agglomeration economies with the concentration of activities and population in cities. This paper aims at demonstrating the generation of these economies in a regional scale, choosing the city system of the Colombian coffee growing axis as spatial unit of analysis, and relying on a fixed effects panel exercise. Throughout the exercise, the presence of so-called external network economies was observed in the studied urban system. Therefore, networks make it possible for small cities to enjoy the advantages of agglomeration.
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Gaviria Ríos, M. A. (2018). External network economies in the city system of the Colombian coffee growing axis (Efe Cafetero), 1996-2014. Semestre Económico, 21(48), 105-125. https://doi.org/10.22395/seec.v21n48a4