The empirics of economic geography: How to draw policy implications?

Review of World Economics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-592

  Combes, Pierre Philippe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Instrumental variables; Regional policy; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960892753     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-011-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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