Concentration and specialization trends in Germany since re-unification

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 861-873

  Suedekum, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic integration; Employment growth; Geographical concentration; Germany; Regional specialization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SPECIALIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33750300903     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600985087     Document Type: Article

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