Technological catch-up and geographic proximity

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 689-720

  Griffith, Rachel ^a   Redding, Stephen ^b   Simpson, Helen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; FRONTIER REGION; GROWTH RATE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 70350395451     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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