Three Essays on Regional Economics

Finally, the third paper studies the investment in human capital in the development of clusters. The model aims to capture the tension between regional competition and scale economies presented in a region where many firms produce the same (or related) good(s). Opportunistic behavior can lead clustering firms to suboptimal investment in human capital and scale economies eventually (partially) neutralize those harmful effects of competition by attracting a third party that centralizes the bulk of investment.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban and Regional Planning

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Silva, Carlos Eduardo Lobo E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hewings, Geoffrey J.D.

• Economics, General

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3290379

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79550