Using entropy measures to disentangle regional from national localization patterns

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-250

  Cutrini, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentration; Dissimilarity entropy indices; Localization; Specialization; Within between country decomposition

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 59349107711     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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