Regional asymmetries: Economies of agglomeration versus unionized labor markets

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-249

  Picard, P M ^a   Toulemonde, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economies of agglomeration; Firm location; Unions

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LABOR MARKET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE UNION;

EID: 0037370615     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(02)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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