Localización empresarial y economías de aglomeraciónel debate en torno a la agregación espacial

  1. Pablo Martí, Federico
  2. Muñoz Yebra, Carlos
Journal:
Investigaciones Regionales = Journal of Regional Research

ISSN: 1695-7253 2340-2717

Year of publication: 2009

Issue Title: Innovación, emprendimiento y territorio

Issue: 15

Pages: 139-166

Type: Article

More publications in: Investigaciones Regionales = Journal of Regional Research

Abstract

El análisis de la incidencia de las economías de aglomeración en la localización empresarial constituye uno de los temas centrales de la Economía Regional. Sin embargo, a pesar de los amplios y sólidos desarrollos teóricos en este campo, los resultados empíricos muestran una preocupante falta de robustez. En este trabajo se analiza una de las posibles causas: el problema de las unidades de área modificables (MAUP). Para ello, tras una revisión de los aspectos económicos y estadísticos ligados al fenómeno, se estima la influencia de las economías de aglomeración en la localización de las empresas en España para cinco divisiones distintas del territorio que incluyen divisiones inframunicipales. Los resultados obtenidos indican que las estimaciones son muy sensibles a la definición de las áreas de análisis por lo que no pueden ser dejadas de lado en la contrastación de hipótesis. Finalmente, se propone una metodología para reducir los inconvenientes derivados del MAUP y aprovechar las posibles ventajas.

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