Concentration, agglomeration and the size of plants

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-68

  Lafourcade, Miren ^a   Mion, Giordano ^b  

^a Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques   (France)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concentration; Heterogeneous firms; Spatial auto correlation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MANUFACTURING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845195917     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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