Scale externalities in Korea

This paper estimates the nature and magnitude of scale externalities in a d eveloping country, Korea, in the period 1983-1993. This is a period of rapi d industry deconcentration from Seoul to other metro areas, providing a con text where externalities are measured when local scale magnitudes are chang ing dramatically. The data allow us to examine the emerging degree of natio nal industrial concentration in different industries, as related to their s cale externality magnitudes. WI: also examine whether individual industries agglomerate in cities which have a comparative advantage for that industry . (C) 2001 Academic Press.