Agglomeration and productivity: Evidence from firm-level data

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-620

  Andersson, Martin ^a   Lööf, Hans ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FIRM SIZE; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OWNERSHIP; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL DATA;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84861130226     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0352-1     Document Type: Article

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