Rising trade costs? Agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 292-319

  Duranton, Gilles ^a   Storper, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 38049182861     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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