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This study is focused on evaluating the effects of location attributes on office firm start-up. The authors built a model within a Land Use Transportation Integrated (LUTI) framework, based on the idea that firms start up given certain urban conditions, such as: transportation infrastructures, demographic aspects and agglomeration economies. The approach taken here models the frequency of start-ups within a defined area, examining how it responds to the urban conditions. The case study was carried out for office firms in the Netherlands. The presence of office firms, both of same and different types along with their size, influences the start-up of new office firms, suggesting that there is a significant effect of agglomeration economies. Increases in population levels also motivate new office firm start-ups. The Randstad area is the preferred region, followed by the southern part of the country. The influence of the accessibility to transportation is not very significant to office firm start-up.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD30 Transportation and Land Development. Alternate title: Evaluating the Effects of Location Attributes on Office Firm Start-Up.

01550057

15-0184

English

14p

2015

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

References; Tables

Businesses; Case studies; Infrastructure; Land use; Location; Transportation

Start-up

Netherlands

Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-0184

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 30 2014 12:12PM