Agglomeration and productivity: Firm-level evidence from China's textile industry

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-329

  Lin, Hui Lin ^a   Li, Hsiao Yun ^a   Yang, Chih Hai ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; China; Productivity; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960940791     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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