Spatial concentration and plant-level productivity in France

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-195

  Martin, Philippe ^a   Mayer, Thierry ^a   Mayneris, Florian ^b  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clusters; Localization economies; Productivity; Spatial concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650705526     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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