New economic geography: Real or hype?

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-19

  Koo, Jun ^a   Lall, Somik ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Firm location; New economic geography

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FIRM SIZE; LOCATION DECISION; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33845296097     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606296730     Document Type: Article

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