Where do firms locate? Testing competing models of agglomeration

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 338-366

  LaFountain, Courtney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Land rents; Natural advantages; New economic geography; Production externalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444526179     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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