Why an economic core: Domestic transport costs

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-581

  Ramcharan, Rodney ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic transport costs; Spatial concentration

Indexed keywords

COST; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 67649233797     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn045     Document Type: Article

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