Industry Characteristics Linked to Establishment Concentrations in Nonmetropolitan Areas
研究了非都市地区制造业企业空间集聚与行业特征的关系，发现企业规模、自然资源依赖、劳动密集度等因素正向影响集聚，而多厂结构、精密生产等则负向影响。
In this paper we investigate industry characteristics associated with the clustering of establishments in three‐digit SIC manufacturing industries in nonmetropolitan areas. The dispersion parameter k of the negative binomial distribution is selected as the measure of industry spatial concentration. Associations between industry characteristics and spatial concentration are investigated using OLS regression analysis. Our findings indicate that the spatial clustering of establishments is positively related to industry average establishment size, reliance on natural resource inputs, labor intensity, cost shares of professional and technical employees, and cost shares of low‐skilled workers. Agglomeration is negatively related to multiplant structure, employment in precision production, and reliance on local product and input markets.