Putting new economic geography to the test: Free-ness of trade and agglomeration in the EU regions

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 613-635

  Brakman, Steven ^a   Garretsen, Harry ^b   Schramm, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Free ness of trade; New economic geography; Spatial wages

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TRADE; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 33747355492     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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