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Exploring Regional Firm-Size Structure in Canadian Housebuilding

Ontario, 1991 and 1996

Bibliographic Data

ID11670371
AuthorsMichael Buzzelli (University of British Columbia, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume25
Issue3
Pages241-263
Publication date2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2747/0272-3638.25.3.241
OpenAlexW2125285874
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited38

This paper is concerned with the regional firm-size structure of housebuilding in Canada based on a case study of the province of Ontario. Using an innovative database of builders in Ontario and geographic information systems, measures of regional firm-size structure are developed and are modeled with data from the Canadian census. The results corroborate established models in the city systems and industrial organization literatures in that industrial concentration is negatively associated with regional population size, economic diversity, and economic performance. Small housebuilding firms abound in large, diverse and economically vibrant regions, especially large urban regions, and thereby maintain industrial deconcentration

Business · Census · Diversity (politics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Geography · Political science · Population · Regional science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Demography · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Rural development and sustainability

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,1
Citation span2005 - 2011 (7)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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