Geographic concentration and increasing returns

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 693-708

  Surico, Paolo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demand and cost linkages; Increasing returns; Large scale agglomeration; Market access

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION THEORY;

EID: 0345581442     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-6419.2003.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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