The MAUP in the firm's location and the economies of agglomeration;Localización empresarial y economías de aglomeración: el debate en torno a la agregación espacial

Investigaciones Regionales

Volumn , Issue 15, 2009, Pages 139-166

  Pablo Martí, Federico ^a   Muñoz Yebra, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Firm's location; Modifiable areal unit; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350459430     PISSN: 16957253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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