Economic division and spatial relocation: The case of postwar Japan

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-400

  Nakajima, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Japan; Korea; Market access; Market division; New economic geography

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249135563     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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