Location patterns of service industries in France: A distance-based approach

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-351

  Barlet, M ^b   Briant, A ^a   Crusson, L ^b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

Author keywords

Business services; Dispersion; Divergence; Localization; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866925324     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: 18792308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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