Growth of new firms and spatially bounded knowledge externalities

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-518

  Raspe, Otto ^a   van Oort, Frank ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BUSINESS SERVICE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84861141706     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0357-9     Document Type: Article

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