Home-market vs. vote-market effect: Location equilibrium in a probabilistic voting model

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-179

  Robert Nicoud, Frédéric ^a   Sbergami, Federica ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Home market effect; Political economy; Regional aids; Swing voter

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0942291275     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00260-X     Document Type: Article

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