Geographical proximity and the transmission of tacit knowledge

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-46

  Desrochers, Pierre ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Economies; Knowledge spillovers; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043078879     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007803520748     Document Type: Article

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