Location attributes explaining the entry of firms in creative industries: evidence from France

Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod; Eva Coll-Martínez; Camelia Turcu

doi:10.1007/s00168-022-01196-w

Location attributes explaining the entry of firms in creative industries: evidence from France

Ann Reg Sci. 2023 Apr 5:1-32. doi: 10.1007/s00168-022-01196-w. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod¹, Eva Coll-Martínez², Camelia Turcu³

Affiliations

¹ ECO-SOS & QURE, Departament d'Economia, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Av. Universitat, 1, 43204 Reus, Catalonia, Spain.
² Sciences Po Toulouse, Manufacture Des Tabacs, LEREPS, Université de Toulouse, 21 Allée de Brienne - CS 88526, 31685 Toulouse cedex 6, France.
³ Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orléans, Université d'Orléans, Rue de Blois, BP 26739, 45067 Orléans, France.

Abstract

This paper focuses on creative industries and the role played by the existing spatial distribution and agglomeration economies of these activities in relation to their entry decisions. We rely on employment and firm-level data in the creative industries (provided by INSEE) and compare the location of new establishments in the creative and non-creative industries between 2009 and 2013 in French departments (NUTS 3 regions). We use count data models and spatial econometrics to show that location determinants are rather similar in creative and non-creative industries and that specialisation in creative industries positively influences the entry of all other industries. The French case provides new insights to understand the geographical patterns of creative industries.