Regional wage and employment responses to market potential in the EU

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-594

  Head, Keith ^a   Mayer, Thierry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravity equation; Home market effects; New economic geography; Wage equation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; MARKETING; REGIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 33747360686     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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