Tempora mutantur: In search of a new testament for NEG

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-230

  Behrens, Kristian ^a,b,c   Robert Nicoud, Frédéric ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Logistics and Transport   (Canada)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core periphery model; New economic geography

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; MODEL TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79951526696     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq039     Document Type: Article

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