Is remoteness a locational disadvantage?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-368

  Behrens, Kristian ^a   Gaigné, Carl ^b   Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P ^c,e   Thisse, Jacques François ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d PSE   (France)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Economic geography; International trade; Locational advantage; Trade and transport costs

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 33744825741     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbi024     Document Type: Article

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