'New' new economic geography: Firm heterogeneity and agglomeration economies

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-240

  Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Heterogeneity; New economic geography; Spatial economics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MACROECONOMICS; MICROECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951526695     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq041     Document Type: Article

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