Identifying urbanisation and localisation externalities in manufacturing and service industries

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-84

  Graham, Daniel J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Localisation; Translog; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; SERVICE SECTOR; URBANIZATION;

EID: 68749114128     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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