The role of human capital investments in the location decision of firms

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 570-583

  Matouschek, Niko ^a   Robert Nicoud, Frédéric ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Département d'Economie Politique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Firm location; Human capital investment

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION;

EID: 21844447596     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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