Industrial agglomeration effects in Japan: Productive efficiency, market access, and public fiscal transfer

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 819-840

  Otsuka, Akihiro ^a   Goto, Mika ^a   Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Market access; Productive efficiency; Public fiscal transfer

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MANUFACTURING; MARKETING; PRODUCTIVITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 78249278160     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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