Service sector firm death and productivity in urban and rural locations

Sabine D'Costa*, Adelheid Holl, Dalila Ribaudo

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Abstract

While the positive impact of firm productivity on survival is well documented, limited evidence exists on geographic variations of this relationship and on services industries. We show that in knowledge intensive services, this relationship is more strongly moderated in core urban areas compared to suburban and rural areas.
Original languageEnglish
Article number111560
Number of pages5
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume235
Early online date20 Jan 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2024

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Keywords

  • Firm exit
  • Survival
  • Productivity
  • Urban
  • Rural
  • Services

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