Geographical agglomeration: Ellison and Glaeser's index applied to the case of Belgian manufacturing industry

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-583

  Bertinelli, Luisito ^a,b   Decrop, Jehan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Federal Planning Bureau   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Belgium; Ellison and Glaeser index; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23144441336     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500151806     Document Type: Article

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