Related variety,trade linkages, and regional growth in Italy

Economic Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-311

  Boschma, Ron ^a   Iammarino, Simona ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Italy; Regional growth; Related variety; Trade linkages

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; EXPORT; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ITALY;

EID: 72749116450     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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