Where New Creative Industries Locate? Evidence from French Departments

Identifier:  PC:3150

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC3150

Authors:  Turcu, Camelia; Coll Martínez, Eva; Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria

Abstract:
This paper focuses on the creative industries and the role played by the existing spatial distribution and agglomeration economies of these activities in relation to their entry decisions. Our main statistical source is the Répertoire des entreprises et des établissements (REE) provided by INSEE, which has plant-level microdata on the location of new establishments between 2006 and 2013. We use Count Data Models to show that location determinants are quite similar in creative and non-creative industries and that specialisation in creative industries positively influences entry of all industries. Keywords: creative industries, firm location, industrial organisation, France