Empirical studies in industrial location: An assessment of their methods and results

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 685-711

  Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria ^a   Liviano Solis, Daniel ^a   Manjón Antolín, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA QUALITY; ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955074006     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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