Agglomeration externalities, productivity, and technical inefficiency

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-625

  Tveteras, Ragnar ^a   Battese, George E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33748638261     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2006.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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