Geographical Scale and the Role of Firm Migration in Spatial Economic Dynamics

This paper focusses on the role of relocation in the balancing equation of spatial economic dynamics: Total Change(zone i) = New firms(i)-Closures(i)+ Growth(i)-Decline(i)+ Inmoves(i)-Outmoves(i). The data are from the longitudinal business register of the province of Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands, covering the period 1988-2002.