Industrial agglomeration and development: A survey of spatial economic issues in East Asia and a statistical analysis of Chinese Regions

Economic Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-319

  Fan, C Cindy ^a   Scott, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; China; East Asia; Industrial clusters; New economic geography; Regional development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

(EAST); ASIA; CHINA;

EID: 0141463124     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2003.tb00213.x     Document Type: Article

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