Does geographical agglomeration foster economic growth? And who gains and loses from it?

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-145

  Fujita, Masahisa ^a   Thisse, Jacques François ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 0038419494     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.00250     Document Type: Article

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