DO PRODUCER SERVICES INDUCE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?*
研究生产者服务业（包括制造业内部和独立企业）如何通过深化分工、提升生产率和人均收入来推动区域经济发展，基于美国大都市区的实证分析。
ABSTRACT Goods production and services have become increasingly integrated within a flexible, information‐oriented system of production organization. In this context, it is argued here that producer services–carried out both within manufacturing firms and by “independent” enterprises–play a pivotal role in expanding the division of labor, productivity, and per capita income. This proposition is supported by results of an empirical analysis of metropolitan areas in major U.S. regions and in the nation as a whole.