A note on the meaning of neo-classical location theory and its usefulness as a basis for applied research

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-331

  McCann, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm location; Input substitution; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009659992     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101100050029     Document Type: Article

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