Exporting, productivity and agglomeration

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 919-939

  Greenaway, David ^a   Kneller, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Exporting; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; EXPORT; FIRM SIZE; MANUFACTURING; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35349001360     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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