Spatial externalities, relatedness and sector employment growth in Great Britain

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-454

  Bishop, Paul ^a   Gripaios, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Great Britain; Spatial externalities

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; GROWTH RATE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951695074     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802508810     Document Type: Article

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