This paper uses plant-level data on the Japanese silk reeling industry from 1909 to 1916 to distinguish between these two effects based on a nested model of firm-selection and agglomeration. We ...

the programme has developed into a complete system of teaching and research that encompasses all aspects of the silk and textile industry, from mulberry planting, silkworm breeding, and reeling ...

Paul Brunat, a French national, was hired to create a state-of-the-art silk reeling mill to transition the industry to machine-based silk production. The mill became one of the largest in the ...