Measuring the localization of economic activity: A parametric approach

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 753-774

  Guimarães, Paulo ^a   Figueiredo, Octávio ^b   Woodward, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 34548207362     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2007.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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