Agglomeration Economies and Geographical Concentration of Industries: A Case Study of Manufacturing Sectors in Postwar Japan

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-203

  Mano, Yukichi ^a   Otsuka, Keijiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Competition with service sectors; Congestion; Geographical concentration; Geographical dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000302896     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2000.0449     Document Type: Article

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