Chapter 59 The empirics of agglomeration and trade

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2609-2669

  Head, Keith ^a   Mayer, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

F12; home market effects; new economic geography; R12; spatial concentration; trade barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049100561     PISSN: 15740080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0080(04)80016-6     Document Type: Chapter

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