Detecting the existence of space-time clustering of firms

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 311-323

  Arbia, Giuseppe ^a   Espa, Giuseppe ^b   Giuliani, Diego ^c   Mazzitelli, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Non parametric measures; Space time K functions; Spatial clusters; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 77955428705     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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