Co-location of skill-related suppliers: advancing coagglomeration research using firm-to-firm network data

Sándor Juhász et al.

Journal of Economic Geography2026https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbag006article
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Firms in industry clusters benefit from locating close to suppliers and customers. However, the pervasiveness of global value chains questions the need for co-location in buyer–supplier relationships. We propose that supply-chain partners are more likely to co-locate if they exchange not only goods but also know-how, implying superadditivity of Marshallian agglomeration channels. We test this in a coagglomeration framework using microdata for Hungary—a small, open economy deeply embedded in global value chains—examining co-location, labor flows, and value chains between firms and industries. We find that supply chains foster co-location primarily among firms in skill-related industries.

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@article{sándor2026,
  title        = {{Co-location of skill-related suppliers: advancing coagglomeration research using firm-to-firm network data}},
  author       = {Sándor Juhász et al.},
  journal      = {Journal of Economic Geography},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbag006},
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