Geographic concentration and establishment size: Analysis in an alternative economic geography model

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-250

  Holmes, Thomas J ^a,b   Stevens, John J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Establishment size; Geographic concentration; New economic geography; Transportation costs

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 3042680102     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnlecg/lbh018     Document Type: Article

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