Agglomeration economies in the finnish manufacturing sector

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2419-2427

  Mukkala, Kirsi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 10844231150     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000287655     Document Type: Article

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