A simple theory of industry location and residence choice

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 913-940

  Borck, Rainald ^a,b   Pflüger, Michael ^a,b   Wrede, Matthias ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Commuting; Industry location; Labour mobility

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMMUTING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LABOR MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77958477622     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp046     Document Type: Article

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