Regional industrial structure and agglomeration economies: An analysis of productivity in three manufacturing industries

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Drucker, Joshua ^a   Feser, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Industrial structure; Manufacturing; Productivity; Small firms

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 79960892769     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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