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Agglomeration Economies and Foreign Direct Investment in Advanced Business Services in Poland

   | Mar 29, 2018

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Figure 1

Distribution of firms by NACE Rev. 2 codes. Source: Own elaboration. NACE Rev. 2 = Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Revision 2.
Distribution of firms by NACE Rev. 2 codes. Source: Own elaboration. NACE Rev. 2 = Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Revision 2.

Description of explanatory variables

VariableDescription
GDPGDP at current market prices by NUTS 2 regions. Unit: million PLN. Source: GUS
GDP per capitaGDP per capita at current market prices by NUTS 2 regions. Unit: PLN. Source: GUS
Density of ABSNumber of ABS/km2. Unit: ABS firms/km2. Source: own calculation using GUS data
Density of firmsNumber of firms by NUTS 2 regions. Unit: ABS firms/km2. Source: own calculation using GUS data
Research and development expenditureResearch and development expenditure per capita by NUTS 2 region. Unit: PLN. Source: GUS
StudentsNumber of students by NUTS 2 region. Source: GUS
Technical studentsNumber of students of technical universities by NUTS 2 region. Source: GUS
Economics studentsNumber of students of economics universities by NUTS 2 region. Source: GUS
Capital cityDummy for Warsaw
Internal migration densityBalance of internal migration by total population in NUTS 2 region. Source: GUS
External migration densityBalance of external migration by total population in NUTS 2 region. Source: GUS

Results of NBRM using panel data

VariableModel 1Model 2Model 3
GDP–19.3000 ***–23.3829 ***–24.4000 ***
(5.9000)(7.0926)(7.1100)
GDP per capita0.1598 ***0.1413 ***0.1401 ***
(0.0223)(0.0255)(0.0229)
Density of ABS85.7252 **164.0711 ***165.7344 ***
(41.5843)(42.4744)(42.9641)
Density of firms10.5880 **10.1525 **10.0919 **
(5.0709)(5.4215)(5.3751)
Research and development spending–0.0005–0.0028 ***–0.0028 ***
(0.0009)(0.0008)(0.0008)
Students0.0183 ***
(0.0049)
Technical students–0.0592 ***
(0.0220)
Economics students0.0078
(0.0090)
Capital city3.5678 **3.4954 **
(1.6335)(1.6840)
Internal migration density23.7909
(174.8257)
External migration density56.2211
(185.8895)

Cumulative revenue of the analyzed ABS firms in the period 2004–2013

NUTS 2 regionsRevenue (million euros)Revenue as a % of total revenue of the ABS sector in PolandRevenue as a % of total number of ABS firms in Poland
PL12 - Mazowieckie14,538.8761,0951.35
PL21 - Malopolskie1,841.417,749.46
PL63 - Pomorskie1,642.966,906.08
PL51 - Dolnoslaskie1,592.996,698.11
PL61 - Kujawsko-Pomorskie841.003,532.03
PL22 - Slaskie815.653.434.73
PL42 - Zachodniopomorskie764.003.211.35
PL11 - Lodzkie709.292.984.05
PL41 - Wielkopolskie673.212.8310.81
PL33 - Swietokrzyskie363.001.530.68
PL62 - Warminsko-Mazurskie10.870.050.68
PL31 - Lubelskie5.600.020.68
Sum23,798.86100.00100.00

j.ijme-2018-0007.tab.004.w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1ab1b4b1b1Aa

VariableObs.MeanSDMinMax
GDP1600.08188580.06761270.0215690.366343
GDP per capita16031,207.679,347.18417,193.0069,026.00
Density of ABS1600.00212850.00362190.000.0213732
Density of firms1600.12007640.07213140.04222090.3601457
Research and development expenditure160174.6031173.898314.001,071.9
Students160114,210.177,914.3319,000.00350,947.00
Technical students16020,444.1116,925.260.0060,740.00
Economics students16020,181.9321,487.53203.0090,811.00
Capital city1600.06250.24282150.001.00
Internal migration density1600.004,109.188–5,160.0016,268.00
External migration density160–799.43121,360.817–8,521.00832.00