Public support to clusters A firm level study of French "Local Productive Systems"

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-123

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

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPII   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clusters; Localization economies; Productivity; Spatial concentration

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; POLICY STRATEGY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

FRANCE;

EID: 79651469961     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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