Trade liberalization and location: Empirical evidence for Mexican manufacturing industries

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-303

  Jordaan, Jacob A ^a   Sanchez Reaza, Javier ^b  

^a VU University   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Externalities; Mexico; New economic geography; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849101935     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: 15530892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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