What explains the location of industry in Britain, 1871-1931?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 499-518

  Crafts, Nicholas ^a   Mulatu, Abay ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglmeration economies; British manufacturing; Industry location; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27144521115     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbh069     Document Type: Article

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