Path-dependence in the location of business agglomeration: Case of postwar land requisition
Path-dependence in the location of business agglomeration: Case of postwar land requisition
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2023
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Keisuke Takano
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作者：
Keisuke Takano
商业活动的空间分布是唯一确定的吗？本文通过调查二战后美军在日本横滨市征用土地的影响，揭示了这一问题。使用新的数字化的位置信息的公司之前和之后的第二次世界大战，本研究探讨是否强迫搬迁的公司持续改变了商业活动的分布。我发现，土地征用减少了现任聚集的规模，这种负面影响持续甚至被占领的土地被收回后。城市内部的迁移和公共投资的失败也是城市集聚衰退的原因。我的研究结果意味着经济集聚的位置不一定是唯一确定的。
Is the spatial distribution of business activity uniquely determined? This paper sheds light on this question by investigating the impact of land requisition by the US Army during the postWW2 period in Yokohama City, Japan. Using the newly digitized location information of firms before and after WW2, this study examines whether the forced relocation of firms persistently altered the distribution of business activities. I show that land requisition reduces the size of incumbent agglomerations, and this negative effect lasted even after the occupied land was retroceded. I additionally show that the within-city relocation and the failure of public investment drove the decline of the agglomeration. My findings imply the location of economic agglomeration is not necessarily uniquely determined.