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Small variations in events in history could have created a pattern of urban centres very different from that which exists today. In particular, the locational patterns of knowledge-intensive agents, such as research laboratories, seem to follow paths that depend upon history (Kobayashi et al 1991). When agents and firms wish to congregate in places where others are already located, one or a few locations may end up with the entire industry. Agglomeration economies therefore introduce an indeterminacy. If we bypass this indeterminacy by arguing that historical accident is responsible for the dominant locations, we must then define historical accident and explain how each winning location is selected.
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Kobayashi, K., Kunihisa, S., Fukuyama, K. (2000). The Knowledge-Intensive Nature of Japan’s Urban Development. In: Batten, D.F., Bertuglia, C.S., Martellato, D., Occelli, S. (eds) Learning, Innovation and Urban Evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4609-2_5
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