The increasing importance of agglomeration economies hidden behind convergence: Geography of knowledge production

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2180-2194

  Sonn, Jung Won ^a   Park, In Kwon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LEGAL RIGHTS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

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EID: 79960203805     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010382679     Document Type: Article

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