Concentração industrial no entorno do Porto de Suape: o papel de fatores como economias de escala, linkages setoriais e labor pooling

Abstract

This research aims at obtaining empirical evidence on the importance of economies of scale, market linkages and labor pooling to explain the industrial concentration in the municipalities near the Suape Industrial and Port Complex. For this, the Ellison and Glaeser Index (1997) was used in a regression model, through panel data, to measure the agglomeration level of the transformation industry in this area in the period from 2003 to 2014. The results obtained were as expected, firms tend to concentrate spatially in order to take advantage of the local benefits. It was observed that firms are attracted by factors such as proximity to suppliers, skilled labor, lower transportation costs and facility sharing, as argued by Marshall (1920) and Duranton and Puga (2003).