Accounting for neighboring effects in measures of spatial concentration

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 678-693

  Guimarães, Paulo ^a   Figueiredo, Octávio ^b   Woodward, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053271127     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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