Patterns of Knowledge: The Geography of Advanced Services and the Case of Art and Culture

摘要: Much emphasis has been placed on the importance of agglomeration economies as a backbone to urban and regional growth. Case study research points out that particular cities regions have competitive advantage in industrial activity over others, yet we little by way satisfactory means formally studying geography these patterns demonstrate how specific case studies fit into larger pattern can be applied more than one place. Is itself fact exhibiting statistically robust significant patterns? What do look like they differ region? Using geographic information systems analyze spatial autocorrelation “hot spots” industries, compare ten most populous metropolitan statistical areas across several “advanced” service sectors (professional, management, media, finance, art culture, engineering high technology). We find much qualitative evidence cl...