Inshoring: The geographic fragmentation of production and inequality

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Liao, Wen Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Geographic fragmentation of production; Inequality; Inshoring; System of cities; Vertical disintegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857124730     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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