Service sector firm death and productivity in urban and rural locations

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.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111560
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship
Additional Information: 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/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Firm exit,Survival,Productivity,Urban,Rural,Services,Finance,Economics and Econometrics
Publication ISSN: 1873-7374
Last Modified: 01 May 2024 07:22
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2024 16:18
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2024-02
Published Online Date: 2024-01-20
Accepted Date: 2024-01-19
Authors: D'Costa, Sabine
Holl, Adelheid
Ribaudo, Dalila (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-4783-8970)

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