Introduction: Heterogeneity at different spatial scales

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-615

  Brakman, Steven ^a   van Marrewijk, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CAPITAL FLOW; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 70350396999     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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