Transaction costs, agglomeration economies, and industrial location

Growth and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Wood, Gavin A ^a   Parr, John B ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 14844351035     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2005.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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