Multilevel approaches and the firm-agglomeration ambiguity in economic growth studies

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 468-491

  van Oort, Frank G ^a   Burger, Martijn J ^b   Knoben, Joris ^c   Raspe, Otto ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Micro macro link; Multilevel analysis; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MACROECONOMICS; META-ANALYSIS; MICROECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84861174559     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2012.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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