Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18136 
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 380
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
We study the location of various film-related services (such as camera rental, casting agencies or pyrotechnic services), the main determinant of interest being the human capital specificity. We show that firms which supply services with a lower firm specificity locate farther away from one another, and argue that it can be concluded that the "poaching" argument (fear of employees leaving for a competitor in large regional labour markets) has greater practical weight than the Marshallian labour pooling mechanism.
Subjects: 
agglomeration
film industry
flexible specialisation
labour pooling
poaching
regional labour markets
turnover
JEL: 
R30
J41
J63
L82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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