Testing for causality between productivity and agglomeration economies

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 935-951

  Graham, Daniel J ^a   Melo, Patricia S ^a   Jiwattanakulpaisarn, Piyapong ^a   Noland, Robert B ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; PRODUCTIVITY; URBANIZATION; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EID: 78649809544     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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