New economic geography meets Comecon. Regional wages and industry location in central Europe

Economics of Transition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-267

  Brülhart, Marius ^a   Koenig, Pamina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Comecon hypothesis; EU regions; Market access; New economic geography

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; WAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744544710     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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