Spatial distribution of manufacturing activity and its determinants: A comparison of three small european countries

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 721-738

  Barrios, Salvador ^c   Bertinelli, Luisito ^a   Strobl, Eric ^b   Teixeira, Antonio Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d Faculdade de Economia do Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agglomeration Spatial autocorrelation Belgium Ireland Portugal

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; SKILLED LABOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449498861     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400801922822     Document Type: Article

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