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Agglomeration economies arise when multiple firms in related industries ________ an area, as with knitted fabrics manufacturers and knitted clothing manufacturers in Derby, UK. Economists have assumed that companies cluster for the same reasons, but Giulia Faggio et al. found that factors driving agglomeration in some cases are only weakly correlated with agglomeration in others.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
intercede in
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amass in
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concur with
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appeal to
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