Transport costs and new economic geography

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-318

  McCann, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance economic geography; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

COST; MODELING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 20444451687     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnlecg/lbh050     Document Type: Article

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