Productivity and Agglomeration Benefits in Australian Capital Cities

This report is a first attempt to address this information gap in COAG's efforts to foster more productive cities. It draws together the basis, in theory, for asserting the critical importance of urban agglomeration, and then sets out a (potentially) standard method by which agglomeration economies might be measured across Australian cities using the best information which is currently available. Recognising that both the body of theory and the available relevant data are still in what might be called a 'formative stage', the report also proposes a research agenda to
support more effective measurement of agglomeration effects for incorporation in Australian project and policy evaluation.