Multinationals' location choice, agglomeration economies, and public incentives

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-107

  Barrios, Salvador ^a   Görg, Holger ^b   Strobl, Eric ^c  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Ireland; Location; Multinationals; Public incentives

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30144432786     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017605281516     Document Type: Article

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