Local and global agglomeration patterns: Two econometrics-based indicators

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-280

  Di Giacinto, Valter ^a   Pagnini, Marcello ^b  

^a Bank of Italy   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; C19; L70; R12; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial error components model

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY;

EID: 79953059976     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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