Profitability and growth in multiregion systems: Theory and a model

Economic Geography

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-352

  Webber, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital flows; Equilibrium; Growth; Profitability; Region

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOWS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MODELLING APPROACH; MULTIREGION DYNAMIC MODEL; PROFITABILITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030431249     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/144404     Document Type: Article

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